Far-right AfD becomes Germany's strongest party shock polls show | DW News
May 8, 2026
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as posted by the channelTwo new polls indicate Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany, the AfD has emerged as the country's most popular party. The surveys show AfD support at 27 percent ahead of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU-CSU on 24 percent. DW political correspondent Simon Young offers analysis on the poll numbers as support for Merz's coalition government falls to a new low.
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