Germans rate top parties following collapse of Scholz coalition

According to the survey, the conservative CDU/CSU alliance remains the strongest force with 32%

Admin l Saturday, November 2024

 

BERLIN – There are no initial signs of major changes in Germany’s party approval ratings following the November 6 break-up of the centre-left coalition government.

In a survey conducted for the Bild media outlet by the INSA polling institute, the Social Democrats (SPD), of which Chancellor Olaf Scholz is a member, gained one percentage point compared with the previous week, landing at 16% approval.

The Greens remain unchanged at 10% and the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP), which has left the government, also maintains its previous week’s figure of 4%. It would therefore no longer be represented in parliament due to the 5% threshold rule.

According to the survey, the conservative CDU/CSU alliance remains the strongest force with 32%.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has stagnated at 19%, while the left-wing populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) formed in January has gained one percentage point to reach 8%.

The hard-left Die Linke would still miss out on re-entering parliament with 4%.

Election polls are generally always fraught with uncertainty. Among other things, declining party loyalty and increasingly short-term election decisions make it difficult for polling institutes to assess the data collected.

In principle, polls only reflect the opinion at the time of the survey and are not predictions of the election outcome.

INSA surveyed 1,204 people on behalf of Bild from Monday to Friday. The margin of error is 2.9 percentage points.