It is the first investigation since the fatal attack in Mannheim last Friday. And in this case, the right-wing populist AfD is once again losing favor with German voters.
In a survey published on Tuesday by the INSA Institute for the newspaper ‘Bild’, 15.5 percent (-0.5) of respondents said they would vote for the AfD if there were federal elections on Sunday.
AfD drops to third place
This means that the party comes in third place behind the SPD, which, as in the previous survey, is at 16 percent. For the AfD, the current reading is the worst since March 2023.
Union clearly comes first
The Union (CDU and CSU) remains the strongest force with 30.5 percent. The Greens and the FDP, who currently govern together with the SPD, have 12 and 5 percent respectively. The left comes to 3.5 percent, the Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) would vote for 7.5 percent of those polled. The institute surveyed citizens between May 31 and June 3, 2002.
Be careful with surveys
Election surveys are generally always subject to uncertainty. Among other things, weakening ties between parties and increasingly short voting decisions make it more difficult for opinion research institutes to weigh the collected data. In principle, surveys only reflect opinions at the time of the survey and are not predictions about the election outcome.
The AfD leadership resumed campaigning immediately after the attack in Mannheim. Party leader Alice Weidel shared a fake quote from Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) in which she blamed right-wing extremism – fake. When Weidel was caught, she admitted the mistake but explained, “The tenor still remains correct…”
Police officer killed in knife attack
Six people and the perpetrator himself were injured in the knife attack by a 25-year-old man of Afghan descent on participants at a meeting of the anti-Islam movement Pax Europa in Mannheim on Friday. A police officer succumbed to his fatal injuries a short time later. The perpetrator was not yet ready for questioning; officers had previously searched his apartment and seized items to determine the motive and planning of the crime.
Source: Krone
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