La Cdu di Angela Merkel insieme alla Csu godrebbero del sostegno del 36 per cento degli elettori tedeschi, mentre la Spd sarebbe ferma al 29%. E’ quanto rileva un sondaggio a quattro mesi dalle elezioni. Il 23 per cento degli intervistati si è pronunciato per l’astensione o ancora non ha deciso. Il sondaggio ha anche mostrato che in caso di elezione diretta del Cancelliere, la Merkel vincerebbe con il 48 per cento dei voti, mentre Martin Schulz si fermerebbe al 27. Nove elettori su dieci della Cdu appoggiano la candidatura di Merkel per la Cancelleria, mentre Schulz ha l’approvazione del 67 per cento dei simpatizzanti della Spd. Le elezioni parlamentari tedesche sono previste per il 24 settembre.

German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) headed by incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel and its Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) are currently supported by 36 percent of Germans while their main opponent, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), trails behind with 29 percent just four months before the general election, a poll showed on Wednesday. The Left party comes in a distant third with 8 percent of projected votes, the poll prepared by the Forsa pollster for the German magazine Stern and the RTL broadcaster demonstrated. The Greens party, the Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) are each expected to receive 7 percent of the vote. A total of 23 percent of respondents said they would not vote or have not decided which party they would support. The poll also showed that if the chancellor were elected directly, Merkel would win with a 48 percent backing. Under those same circumstances, former President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, who is the incumbent chairman of the SPD, would only be supported by 27 percent of the vote. Nine out of ten CDU supporters welcome Merkel as the next German chancellor, whereas Schulz is endorsed by 67 percent of SPD sympathizers, according to the poll. Germany’s parliamentary elections are slated for September 24.