Overview

• Recent Ipsos and ZDF Politbarometer polls show the CDU/CSU at 27%, the AfD at 23% and the SPD at 15–16%, leaving the Union-SPD coalition below a parliamentary majority
• A ZDF-Tagesspiegel survey finds 51% of Germans expect little economic benefit from the government’s proposed business tax cuts and 9% forecast no positive effects
• More than three quarters of respondents back a temporary suspension of arms supplies to Israel; 63% want Germany to press Israel to end the Gaza conflict
• Seventy-four percent of Germans support a tougher stance toward President Trump and only 27% believe talks with his administration can yield substantial results
• Defense Minister Boris Pistorius leads public approval with a net rating of +2.3, while AfD leader Alice Weidel is rated lowest at −2.5