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Far-right Alternative für Deutschland tops federal poll in Germany for first time

 


From 2h ago

04.31 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/09/ireland-deputy-pm-meet-us-secretary-commerce-eu-response-trump-tariffs-europe-latest-updates-news

 

Far-right Alternative für Deutschland tops federal poll in Germany for first time

It has been long coming, and here it is – of all days, today.

 

Just as we wait for the coalition talks between the conservatives from CDU/CSU and the Social Democrats, SPD, to finally conclude 40 days after the last federal election, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland has come top in the latest Ipsos poll on German voting intentions, at 25%, one point ahead of the election winners, CDU/CSU at 24%.

 

The Social Democrats are third with 15%, with the Greens and the Left both on 11%. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance is fifth at 5%, and the liberals from the Free Democratic Party at 4%.

 

Latest German federal poll from Ipsos, showing the far-right AfD top for the first time in history.

Latest German federal poll from Ipsos, showing the far-right AfD top for the first time in history. Photograph: Ipsos

This is the first time the AfD has topped a federal election poll in Germany in history, putting further pressure on the Brandmauer (firewall) arrangement seeking to marginalise the party in German politics.

 

AfD’s co-leader Alice Weidel immediately reacted to the news, saying in a social media post that:

 

Citizens want political change – not a “business as usual” coalition between the CDU/CSU and SPD!

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