Germany: Far-right AfD party at the same level as Olaf Scholz's SPD in polls

2023-06-03T22:39:27.074Z

Highlights: The German far right has just broken an all-time record in the polls. The AfD had already dethroned the Greens as the third political force. The party is now on par with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats. Never has the far-right garnered such public support since the war, says RFI's Pascal Thibaut. The far right is taking advantage of concerns in Germany about inflation, immigration or other changes, he says. The unpopularity of the government is supported by only one German in five, Thibaut adds.

The German far right has just broken an all-time record in the polls. The AfD had already dethroned the Greens as the third political force. The party is now on an equal footing with the Social Democrats...

Germany: Far-right AfD party at the same level as Olaf Scholz's SPD in polls

The German far right has just broken an all-time record in the polls. The AfD had already dethroned the Greens as the third political force. The party is now on par with Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats. The Christian Democrats have been far ahead in the polls for months.

This photo, taken on April 11, 2021, shows the logo of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party at a congress in Dresden, eastern Germany. AFP - JENS SCHLUETER

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With our correspondent in Berlin, Pascal Thibaut

Never before has the AfD scored so high in a national poll and never has the far-right garnered such public support since the war. Ten years after its creation, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has reached 19% in a poll by the daily Bild Zeitung, almost doubling its score in the last legislative elections in September 2021.

The AfD succeeds in mobilizing around issues that worry the Germans.

Today, the government's climate policy plays a central role. The party rejects the plan to ban heating systems running on fossil fuels next year, a subject that concerns everyone and worries. Immigration with the current increase in the number of refugees and the draft law to facilitate naturalizations remains another central theme.

>> READ ALSO: Germany: Chancellor Olaf Scholz breaks records of unpopularity in the polls

The AfD is taking advantage of concerns in Germany about inflation, immigration or other changes. The unpopularity of the government supported by only one German in five and the internal quarrels of the ruling coalition benefit the far right whose objective is now to cross the symbolic 20% mark in the polls.

>> READ ALSO: Germany: in Berlin, tens of thousands of people demonstrate in support of the AfD

Germany: Far-right AfD party at the same level as Olaf Scholz's SPD in polls

Germany: Far-right AfD party at the same level as Olaf Scholz's SPD in polls

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