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Greens seize early lead over Merkel's would-be CDU successor Armin Laschet (Germany)
Times of LondonAngela Merkel’s conservative alliance fell behind the Greens to its lowest poll rating on record yesterday, hours after naming its candidate to succeed her as chancellor of Germany.
The Greens seized a seven-point lead as voters appeared to recoil from the centre right’s new figurehead, Armin Laschet.
The swing away from Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian affiliate, which are jointly known as the Union, is one of the sharpest in modern German history.
If the general election were to be held this weekend 28 per cent of voters would back the Greens, while 21 per cent would support the Union, according to a survey for the broadcasters NTV and RTL. The Union had been ahead by as much as 20 points in
The Greens seized a seven-point lead as voters appeared to recoil from the centre right’s new figurehead, Armin Laschet.
The swing away from Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian affiliate, which are jointly known as the Union, is one of the sharpest in modern German history.
If the general election were to be held this weekend 28 per cent of voters would back the Greens, while 21 per cent would support the Union, according to a survey for the broadcasters NTV and RTL. The Union had been ahead by as much as 20 points in
