The far-right Alternative for Germany widened its lead over Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc to seven points in a poll released by broadcaster ARD. The survey by institute Infratest dimap showed Alternative for Germany, the country's largest opposition party, reaching 28 percent in voting intention. That is the highest score the party has ever recorded in the barometer, up from 20.8 percent in the February 2025 parliamentary elections.
Merz's Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union bloc fell one point to 21 percent, near its lowest result in the poll's history. The Greens followed at 15 percent, ahead of Merz's governing coalition allies, the Social Democrats, at 12 percent, and the radical Left at 11 percent. Infratest dimap surveyed 1,300 eligible voters for the poll, which matched results from two other surveys released on Tuesday.
German Poll Results and Government Approval
The trend comes one month before three regional elections in eastern Germany, an electoral stronghold for Alternative for Germany. Merz remains unpopular after 15 months in power, with 14 percent of respondents satisfied with his work, up one point, and 84 percent dissatisfied. Only 13 percent of Germans expressed satisfaction with the government as a whole.
