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By: Nail Akkoyun
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Alice Weidel, AfD party leader, speaks at the AfD Duisburg New Year's reception.
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A new survey shows the political division in Germany.
The AfD loses, but remains the strongest force - the traffic light parties are stagnating.
Berlin – After months of approval in trend surveys, the AfD has lost further percentage points since the beginning of the demonstrations against the right.
This is shown by a current survey by Forsa on behalf of
RTL/Ntv
.
At 18 percent, the party recorded its worst result since the beginning of June 2023 - but the AfD remains the second strongest force behind the Union.
While the CDU and CSU are at the top with 31 percent, the traffic light parties together have 33 percent.
The SPD and the Greens were able to maintain their most recent values in the survey, while the FDP gained one percentage point.
However, the Liberals would still miss out on entering the Bundestag.
The Sahra Wagenknecht alliance comes to five percent.
The Left and Free Voters remain at three percent each.
Other parties currently have seven percent.
Political party |
Result in percent |
|---|---|
CDU/CSU |
31 |
AfD |
18 |
SPD |
15 |
Greens |
14 |
BSW |
5 |
FDP |
4 |
The left |
3 |
Free voters |
3 |
Other |
7 |
AfD ban needs to be examined: youth organization is considered to be right-wing extremist
In the past few days, the Left, among others, has spoken out in favor of considering a ban on the AfD and at the same time called for immediate measures against the party.
“It is understandable that there are now calls for the AfD to be banned.
This must also be carefully examined, including the ban on individual state associations, and initiated if the requirements are met,” says a resolution by the party executive committee on February 3rd.
As an immediate measure, the Left suggests that the AfD and the Desiderius Erasmus Foundation, which is close to it, should no longer be supported with public funds.
In addition, the AfD's youth organization, the Junge Alternative (JA), must be banned because it is "a gathering place for violent or violent fascists," the decision continues.
What is now at least certain: The Office for the Protection of the Constitution can continue to classify the AfD youth as definitely right-wing extremist.
The Cologne administrative court decided this on Tuesday (February 6th).
The AfD and its youth organization failed with a corresponding lawsuit.
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) praised the verdict.
Neither Scholz nor Merz: Germany apparently wants other candidates
But back to the Forsa survey: When it comes to the question of chancellor, around half of Germans would choose neither Olaf Scholz (SPD) nor CDU leader Friedrich Merz.
Twelve percent would express their confidence in the incumbent Chancellor, Merz, however, 25 percent and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) twelve percent.
It becomes clear when it comes to the question of how one would decide if only Scholz and Merz were available for election.
Almost half of those eligible to vote (47 percent) said they would probably not take part in the election in this case.
The dissatisfaction with the Chancellor and the opposition leader is apparently too great.
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The FDP partially justifies its weak poll results and the departure of thousands of party members with the general dissatisfaction with the traffic light coalition.
In an interview with
merkur.de
, Bundestag member Frank Schäffler called for “less wokeness and more fitness for the state”.
The digital policy spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group, Maximilian Funke-Kaiser, however, warned against “alarmism”.
It is important that you remain “true to your beliefs”.
Then you can “reverse the trend again”.
In Bavaria, Prime Minister Markus Söder repeatedly called for early federal elections.
“We are way ahead in the polls and are about as strong as all three traffic light parties combined.
“The people trust us to solve the country’s problems best,” the CSU chairman told the
German Press Agency
in December.
On the other hand, the traffic light is completely at odds and is no longer able to keep its own agreements.
Söder therefore appealed for new elections on June 9th - together with the European elections.
(nak/dpa)
Note: The opinion research institute Forsa surveyed a total of 2,503 people from January 30th to February 4th. The statistical margin of error is +/- 2.5 percentage points.