Overview

• CDU/CSU climbs to 26% support, overtaking the AfD’s steady 25% in the Forsa Trendbarometer poll
• Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s job approval holds at just 32% while 63% of respondents express dissatisfaction
• Non-voter intentions jump to 24%, well above the 17.9% recorded in the last federal election
• Only 23% trust the Union and 11% trust the AfD to handle Germany’s challenges, with 48% placing no confidence in any party
• Economic pessimism prevails with 52% expecting deterioration, though optimism edges up to 25%