As Friedrich Merz prepares to take the helm as Germany’s new Chancellor, the political landscape is witnessing a dramatic shift. Merz’s coalition talks with Olaf Scholz’s SPD reveal a partnership embracing European Union policies, seemingly betraying his voters’ expectations for change. But the German electorate appears to be turning away from this mainstream approach.
In a groundbreaking development, a fresh Ipsos poll places the right-wing AfD party as the frontrunner, surpassing Merz’s CDU. This marks a historic moment for the AfD, which has never led in German polls before. Alice Weidel, celebrating this triumph, took to social media to critique Merz’s coalition with the liberal SPD.
“The representation of Germany’s interests and those of German taxpayers is not reflected in a single sentence of this coalition agreement. High energy prices, the heating law, and billions of dollars wasted on open borders, illegal migration, and green ideology projects remain in place.”
According to European Conservative, the AfD has soared to its highest support levels ever recorded. Ipsos reports that the party, which previously secured 20.8% of votes in national elections, now enjoys the backing of 25% of the electorate.
Weidel has further voiced the people’s demand for political change, rejecting the status quo coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD. The CDU/CSU, grappling with diminishing voter support, is about to finalize a coalition deal with the Social Democrats, despite losing trust due to unfulfilled campaign commitments.
Merz’s shift away from firm anti-immigration policies and his reconsideration of the ‘debt brake’—a constitutionally enshrined borrowing cap—has led to a drop in CDU/CSU support from 28.5% during the elections to a mere 24% today.
