The right-wing nationalist AFD will be the second largest party in the German EU elections, according to a polling station survey from the public service company ARD.
As expected, the conservative CDU/CSU will be the largest party at around 30 percent. AFD, which was rocked by several scandals during the election campaign, gets 16.5 percent, which is an increase of 5 percentage points compared to the election five years ago.
If the survey is correct, AFD will receive 17 seats in the EU Parliament. By comparison, Sweden sends a total of 21 members to parliament after the election.
The European elections look set to be a disappointment for the governing parties in the so-called traffic light coalition. Both the Social Democrats and the Greens are heading for fiasco elections - in the polling station survey, S gets 14 percent, which is a historically low result in a European election.
Germany is the EU's largest country and sends 96 members to the European Parliament.
The prognosis
CDU/CSU (EPP Group): 29.5%
AFD (ID group): 16.5
SPD (S&D group): 14
Alliance 90/The Greens (The Greens): 12
BSW (Unclear, new lot): 5.5
FDP (Renew Europe): 5
Die Linke (Left Group): 2.8
Volt (The Greens): 2.8
FW: (Renew Europe): 2.6
Source: Polling station survey from Infratest dimaps
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SPD against record bad election - Scholz does not want to comment
The German social democrats SPD are headed for a stinging defeat in the EU elections. According to polling station surveys, the party lands on 14 percent, behind the right-wing nationalist AFD.
If the survey becomes a reality, it will be the SPD's worst European election in history.
- It is clear that we had no domestic political tailwind, says the party's top name Katarina Barley.
The result is expected to lead to a discussion about the government's future. The coalition between SPD, FDP and the Greens has been shaky for months. However, Chancellor Olaf Scholz had no comment when asked about the polling station survey on Sunday evening.
- No, Scholz answered the question from Spiegel's reporter.
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CDU summit after the Scholz fiasco: "Consider new elections"
Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz should consider leaving his post - or drastically change the course of the party. That's what conservative CDU chairman Carsten Linnemann says because the Social Democrats are headed for a fiasco in the EU elections at the same time as the right-wing nationalist AFD looks set to become Germany's second largest party.
- Either the traffic light coalition changes direction or they have to call new elections, says Linneman to the German media.
Ann-Katrin Müller, who monitors the AFD for Der Spiegel, writes in X that the party's progress should send a signal to other German parties that their strategy to stop the AFD's success is not working. She wonders if it is not time to start asking what actually helps against the right shift.
Germany is the EU's largest country and sends 96 members to the European Parliament.
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