The latest RTL/ntv Trendbarometer by Forsa shows the AfD at 27 percent, five points ahead of the Union at 22 percent. The Union records its worst result since December 2021. Approval for Chancellor Friedrich Merz has fallen to a low of 15 percent.
Berlin. The Alternative for Germany (AfD), classified as right-extremist in parts, leads the latest RTL/ntv Trendbarometer by Forsa with 27 percent (+1) ahead of the Union (CDU/CSU) at 22 percent (-2). This is the Union's worst result since December 2021.
Die Linke reaches 12 percent, tying with the SPD. The Greens hold at 15 percent, the FDP at four percent, and other parties at eight percent.
For the first time, the AfD leads in perceived political competence on Germany's problems: 14 percent of respondents see it as most capable, ahead of the Union at 13 percent. The Greens get eight percent, SPD and Linke five percent each; 52 percent trust no party.
Approval for Chancellor Friedrich Merz has dropped to 15 percent, with 83 percent dissatisfied. CDU parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn calls for better coalition cooperation.
