The contest between CDU leader
Friedrich Merz and outgoing Socialist Chancellor Olaf Scholz is
intensifying two months before Germany's early elections.
According to the most recent 'Politbarometer' released by Zdf,
in a direct confrontation, Merz receives 44% of the preferences,
while Scholz receives 43%. Among political formations, the
CDU-CSU alliance continues to lead with 33% of voting
intentions, followed by the AfD at 17%. Scholz's SPD is instead
given around 15%, while the Greens get 14%. The liberal FDP of
former Finance Minister Christian Lindner and the Linke, with
only 3% and 4% of voting intentions, risk remaining out of the
Bundestag.
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