Between Alternative for Germany and France’s National Rally, populists continue to rise in Europe’s most powerful countries.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the most popular party in the country, according to a striking new poll published Tuesday.
If a national election were now held, 26 percent of Germans would vote for the AfD, according to a poll carried out by the Forsa Institute for Social Research and Statistical Analysis. That result puts the far-right party ahead of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s mainstream conservative bloc, which slid to second with 24 percent support in the poll.
With the far-right National Rally already leading clearly in France, the bombshell German survey is likely to fuel unease among mainstream leaders across Europe. Right-wing populist parties have performed strongly in elections in recent years from Poland to Romania, and Portugal to the Netherlands.
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Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-far-right-afd-lead-survey/
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