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Germany's Social Democratic Party Loses 1% of Popular Support Within Week - Poll

© AFP 2023 / CLEMENS BILANGerman Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) leader, German Vice Chancellor, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel walks by a giant logo of his party at the SPD annual federal congress in Berlin on December 12, 2015.
German Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) leader, German Vice Chancellor, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel walks by a giant logo of his party at the SPD annual federal congress in Berlin on December 12, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) led by incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel received 39 percent of popular support and maintained its lead over Social Democratic Party (SPD), which lost 1 percent this week, a new poll showed.

Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz (C) speaks after the publication of the preliminary results of the regional elections in the West German state of North Rhine-Westphalia at the headquarters of the SPD in Berlin on May 14, 2017 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the Emnid survey conducted for the Bild newspaper, only 24 percent of the respondents support SPD, which is a decrease in comparison to the result of the poll published on June 17.

The Left party is expected to score 9 percent, the Alliance 90/The Greens and far-right Alternative for Germany both could get 8 percent each and the Free Democratic Party enjoys the support of 7 percent.

The poll was conducted on June 16-21 and involved 1,363 people.

The elections to Germany's Bundestag are set for September 24.

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