BERLIN/MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Angela Merkel's coalition government is under pressure after significant gains by the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in state elections earlier this year. According to a poll of Germans by ARD DeutschlandTrend last week, 56 percent are dissatisfied with the work of the federal government, and just 43 percent said they were satisfied.
The CDU's decision followed a Sunday meeting between party chair Merkel with two partners and was announced at a party leadership teleconference on Monday, the English-language The Local news publisher cited Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily as saying.
