(Angus Reid Global Scan) - The Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU) remain the most popular political alliance in Germany, according to a poll by Forsa released by Stern and RTL . 39 per cent of respondents would vote for the coalition in the next general election.

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) is second with 27 per cent, followed by the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Green Party (Grune) with 10 per cent each, and the Left Party (Linke) with nine per cent.

Official results from the September 2005 election to the Federal Diet gave the CDU and the CSU 226 seats, with the SPD a close second with 222 legislators. Neither of the two main parties was able to assemble a coalition government with their preferred partners. In November 2005, CDU leader Angela Merkel was sworn in as Germany's first female head of government. The current administration includes members of the CDU, CSU and SPD.

On Mar. 29, Merkel said her policies were already paying off, declaring, "While we're having this debate (in the Federal Diet), unemployment figures have been announced again. They're just under 5 million." The number of unemployed persons in the European country had remained above the 5 million mark since February 2004.

Polling Data

What party would you support in Germany's next federal election?

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Interviews with 2,500 German adults, conducted from Mar. 27 to Mar. 31, 2006. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

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