For the first time, the AFD surpassed the Merz bloc in the popularity rating of German parties

The rating of the right-wing German Alternative for Germany (AfD) party reached 26% and allowed it to bypass the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc that won the election. This was reported on April 22 by RTL TV channel with reference to a survey conducted by the Forsa sociological service.

"The AFD is overtaking the Union for the first time <...>. Now it is the strongest political force in Germany with 26%," the article says.

The CDU/CSU has a rating of 25%, while the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) has a rating of 15%. In addition, 25% of respondents expressed doubts about the success of CDU leader Friedrich Merz as Chancellor of Germany.

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Earlier, on February 23, early elections to the Bundestag were held in Germany. The CDU/CSU opposition bloc scored almost 28.6% of the vote and won. The second place was taken by AdG with 20.8%. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Sarah Wagenknecht Union for Reason and Justice (SSV) failed to enter the Bundestag.

On April 8, NTV announced the conclusion of the SPD and CDU/CSU agreement on the formation of a ruling coalition in Germany. It was clarified that the negotiators had reached an agreement in principle on the controversial points of the future coalition agreement.