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Merkel's Conservatives Improve Lead Over Social Democrats by 5% Within Month

© AP Photo / Martin MeissnerGerman Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats, CDU, Angela Merkel, points with her fingers during a visit to the convention venue prior to the 27. party convention in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014.
German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats, CDU, Angela Merkel, points with her fingers during a visit to the convention venue prior to the 27. party convention in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. - Sputnik International
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) has widened its lead over the Social Democratic Party (SPD) headed by former President of EU Parliament Martin Schulz by 5 percent in a month, a poll showed.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the poll conducted by the Allensbach Institute for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, 40 percent of the respondents would vote for CDU/CSU, in comparison to 24 percent for SPD, while last month the results were 37 percent and 26 percent respectively.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures after addressing delegates during her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's congress in Essen, western Germany, on December 6, 2016. - Sputnik International
Poll: Merkel’s Conservatives Remain in Lead Despite Socialists Gain 1.5%
The poll also showed that 10.5 percent of the respondents would vote for the liberal Free Democratic Party, 8.5 percent for The Left party, 7 percent for the Alliance '90/The Greens and 6.5 percent for the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD).

The poll was conducted between June 1-15 and involved 1,437 respondents.

Germany’s parliamentary elections are slated for September 24.

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