Angela Merkel's conservatives ahead of Social Democrats in latest poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel`s conservatives were ahead of the Social Democrats (SPD) in the latest poll with just over six months to go before a federal election.
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Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel`s conservatives were ahead of the Social Democrats (SPD) in the latest poll with just over six months to go before a federal election.
Merkel and SPD chancellor candidate Martin Schulz, who has boosted the party`s fortunes since being nominated in January, were neck-and-neck in the personal popularity stakes, with both achieving 44 percent support.
The poll showed the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany in third place on 9 percent while the far-left Linke was on 8 percent and the environmental Greens were on 7 percent. The pro-business Free Democrats were on 5 percent.
The survey of 1,212 people was carried out from March 7 to March 9.
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