Right-wing AfD beats Chancellor Scholz' party in early polls

Germany's right-wing party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), has surpassed Chancellor Olaf Scholz' party in latest polls. 

A sociological survey conducted by YouGov has published those findings ahead of the February 2025 snap-elections in the German Bundestag, Caliber.Az reports. 

According to the results, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) received only 15% of votes when respondents were asked who they will vote for while the AfD, a party traditionally on the fringes of German politics due to their right-wing rhetorics, yielded 23%. The pollster notes that the AfD's rating has increased by 4 percentage points compared to the data from a week ago.

Surprisingly, the party receiving the most votes in the survey is former Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic bundle (CDU/CSU) with 29%. The fraction, led by Friedrich Merz, has not been part of the former government's "Traffic Light" coalition which has announced snap elections after their breakdown in late 2024.

By Nazrin Sadigova