The margin of error for individual polls is estimated from the poll’s sample size and the number of eligible German voters reported by the German Federal Statistical Office.

Amid a tense political backdrop, marked by polls favoring the far right, Germany's early parliamentary elections will serve to test the new proportional representation system established last July.

Mounting economic concerns have boosted support for the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which is now polling in second place.

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Voters in the EU’s largest country are set to go to the polls as US leaders threaten to withdraw military support from the continent, economic malaise lingers, and the far-right AfD gains ground. In this Viewsroom podcast,

If that happens,” sighs a cdu official, “we’re dead.” An ideologically messy three-party coalition could be a nightmare for Mr Merz’s hopes of restoring stability to German governance and predictability for Germany’s eu partners.