Support for the far-right German party "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) is growing to a record high, surpassing that of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative party, the latest survey of electoral attitudes in Germany by the INSA sociological agency found, DPA and Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
According to the survey, conducted among 1,203 respondents in the period 20-24 April, "Alternative for Germany" would win 28 percent of the vote in new parliamentary elections - 1 percentage point more than a week earlier. This is the highest result for the party in the INSA surveys conducted so far.
Public support for Chancellor Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) remains unchanged at 24 percent, while the Green Party has fallen by 1 percentage point to 12 percent. The German Social Democratic Party would receive 14 percent in a new election, and the "Left" - 11 percent, with support for both parties remaining unchanged.
According to the study, 11 percent of the votes in new elections in Germany would be received by parties that remain below the 5 percent threshold for entering parliament, meaning that in order to form a governing majority, the parties in it must have received at least 45 percent of the votes.
If the other main German parties continue to rule out the possibility of cooperation with the "Alternative for Germany", at least three parties will be needed to form stable governing coalitions in the future, the study concludes.
Other recent polls have also registered a rise in support for the "Alternative for Germany", with "YouGov" finding 27 percent support for the party in a survey published on April 15.