Six weeks after voters in Germany went to the polls for the federal elections, there appears to be growing dissatisfaction with the outcome, as more Germans shift their support to the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
According to the latest survey from Insa on behalf of the Bild newspaper, the AfD has soared to a record 24 per cent support. This puts the upstart party on par with the election-winning ‘Union’ of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), which collectively also now stand at 24 per cent in support.
This represents a dramatic switch from the February elections, when the Union received 28.5 per cent of the vote, compared to 20.8 per cent for the AfD, meaning that the CDU/CSU has lost the support of one in six of its voters since the election.
Below: Elon Must speaks to AfD earlier this year.
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