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Support for German far-right party on record high, poll suggests
AfD's Alice Weidel (centre) answers journalists' questions after her election as the second, equal federal spokeswoman at the AfD's federal party conference in Riesa, Germany, June 18, 2022
PROMINENT members of Germany’s mainstream political parties have expressed alarm at a new poll that shows support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) at a record high.
The DeutschlandTrend survey, released on Thursday, puts voter support for AfD at 18 per cent, on a par with Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats.
In the 2021 election, Mr Scholz’s party received 25.7 per cent of the vote, while AfD got 10.3 per cent.
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