Summary
Germany’s far-right AfD has pulled even with the CDU/CSU alliance in national polling, each securing 24% support in the latest INSA survey.
The poll follows February’s election, where the CDU/CSU led, and comes amid ongoing coalition talks between conservatives and the center-left SPD.
AfD co-chair Alice Weidel declared, “There’s no way around the AfD anymore.” Major parties continue to rule out cooperation with the AfD.
Meanwhile, coalition negotiations face budget disputes as economic pressure mounts from a potential US-EU trade war and Trump’s new 20% tariffs on EU imports.
So supporting far-right narratives and being blatantly populistic only to then backtrack on a lot they have said doesn’t seem to work out for the conservatives? Wow, colour me surprised, no one could have seen this coming, my flabber is totally gasted