A ray of hope for the chancellor

SPD ahead of AfD for the first time since summer 2023

The SPD has gained 1.5 percentage points in a new survey, reaching 16.5%. This gives SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz a tailwind.(Bild: AFP or licensors)

For the first time since June 2023, the governing SPD is once again ahead of the AfD in second place in Germany, according to a recent survey. The opposition CDU/CSU is unchallenged in first place.

According to the Forsa survey published on Tuesday, the SPD improved by one point compared to the previous week to 17%, while the AfD remains unchanged at 16%.

CDU/CSU at 30 percent
The opposition CDU/CSU is still ahead with 30 percent (minus one), the Greens are unchanged at twelve percent and the FDP at five percent.

Wagenknecht and the Left weak
Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW, four percent) and the Left Party (three percent) would not enter the Bundestag.

Scholz vs. Merz 
When asked whether CDU leader Friedrich Merz would be the better chancellor than Olaf Scholz (SPD), 35% of respondents answered yes, while 57% did not think so. Merz only received majority approval from the FDP (53%), the AfD (57%) and the CDU/CSU (63%). Just under a third of CDU/CSU supporters (30%) do not believe that the opposition leader would be the better head of government.