According to a survey, the Union is gaining popularity among voters. If a federal election were to take place on Sunday, it could with 33 percent of the votes, according to the RTL/ntv trend barometer published on Tuesday. The FDP, on the other hand, loses two percentage points and would no longer be represented in the Bundestag with three percent.
The values for the SPD (14 percent), the Greens (eleven percent), the Left (three percent), the AfD (17 percent) and the BSW (seven percent) changed during the week after the two state elections in Thuringia and Saxony notThe share of other parties rose slightly to twelve percent in the survey conducted by the opinion research institute Forsa.
In terms of preference for chancellor, both Chancellor Olaf Scholz and CDU leader Friedrich Merz have gained one percentage point each. In the case of a – not possible – Direct election of the Federal Chancellor 24 percent would currently vote for Scholz and 28 percent voted for Merz. 48 percent would choose neither Scholz nor Merz. (Reuters)
