After record low surveys: traffic lights on an upward trend - even the FDP is scratching the five percent hurdle again. Some German media see the increase in polls for both parties as being related to the recently decided cannabis legalization.

The next federal election is expected to take place in late summer or autumn 2025. Voting will take place much earlier this fall in some federal states, with election polls in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg already promising problems in forming a government. The Sahra Wagenknecht alliance named after her currently has six percent of the vote.