Three-quarters of the participants in the latest survey by pollster Infratest Dimap said that public demonstrations are the right thing to do, but 50% doubt the protests against the far right will continue in the long term. Some 39% now say right-wing extremism is the greatest danger to German democracy, a 19% rise from 15 months ago.
The AfD, which had been flying high in the polls in the past two years, has lost 3% of voter support compared to last month. But, at 19%, it still remains the second strongest party in the country. The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its regional Bavarian ally, the Christian Social Union (CSU), came in at the top at 30% slightly weaker than a month ago. The center-left Social Democrats (SPD) of Chancellor Olaf Scholz have gained two percentage points (to 16%), and the Green Party gained one (to 14%). Their coalition partner, the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP), headed by Finance Minister Christian Lindner, however, dropped under 5% voter support, putting them below the threshold for representation in the federal parliament, the Bundestag. The socialist Left Party also fell below the 5% threshold.
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