The unstoppable rise of the Greens in Germany sinks Angela Merkel's party in the polls

The poll registers doubts among the population about the possibility that the current government coalition between Angela Merkel, her sister party in Bavaria, the Christian Social Union and the Social Democrats could last until 2021, the year in which the chancellor has promised to leave power. Thus, the CDU registers 24 percent support in the Forsa poll, two percentage points less than two weeks ago, for 12 percent of the Social Democrats, tied with the far-right Alternative for Germany. The Greens have expanded their lead over Merkel’s party up to 27 per cent, thanks to the momentum gained with her extraordinary second place in the European elections’ The Greens are benefiting from the mobilization of the vote, the social democratic self-destruction and the failed efforts of the Conservatives to block their environmental policies ”, explained Forsa director Manfred Guellner. Not even Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, successor desig nothing from Merkel, has managed to revitalize confidence in the party. In fact, only 19 per cent of those polled would support her in a direct vote in an election to the chancellery. A ‘green’ chancellor 46 per cent of Germans are in favor of the environmental party The Greens presenting a candidate to occupy the chancellor position in the upcoming general election, according to a YouGov poll released Friday. According to the poll carried out commissioned by the DPA agency, 35 percent of those interviewed are against an environmental candidate, while 19 percent did not think about it. Among the voters of the German environmental party, 86 percent were He pronounced in favor of naming a candidate to head the Government.In contrast, less than a third of those surveyed (30 percent) believe that it would be appropriate for the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) to present a candidate, while 47 percent believe that Social Democrats should do without it. SPD voters, who are in favor (48 percent) outnumber those who oppose (33 percent) to run for office with their own candidate. The Green Party obtained in Germany 20.5 percent of the votes in the recent European elections, which is their best result so far in an election at the national level.In the first polls on the intention to vote for the elections of the German Parliament, the Greens partly outperform the conservatives of the German Chancellor , Angela Merkel, as the first political force. The leader of the Greens Robert Habeck obtains the best results regarding the position of chancellor in direct comparison with potential candidates of the conse rvadores and social democrats. 25 percent of those interviewed consider that he is fit to become Angela Merkel’s successor at the head of the German government.