After new elections: Baerbock attacks Merz – “party political games”. Germany is needed as an “anchor of stability,” said Baerbocks.

Polls: Union would be big winner of new elections - if the CSU gets into the Bundestag. The AfD has been in slight downturn in polls since the investigative portal Correctiv published its research into the meeting of AfD members with other ethnic extremists and subsequent demonstrations. The BSW seems to be settling in the single-digit percentage range, but surveys are only of limited significance.