According to the latest "Deutschlandtrend" survey, the balance of power in Berlin is set to shift significantly in Germany's upcoming federal election, which takes place on February 23.
The center-right bloc of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Bavaria's regional Christian Social Union (CSU), which governed in Germany for most of its post-World War II history but is currently in opposition, has lost two percentage points compared to last month, but is still ahead of their competitors at 31%. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is in second place at 20%, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) comes in third at 15%, just ahead of the Greens (14%).
The newly founded left populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) polls at 5%, enough to secure representation in the Bundestag parliament. On the other hand, the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP) and the Left Party would fail to cross the five percent hurdle: They each poll only at 4%. Pollster Infratest-dimap conducted its latest representative survey........