(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU) remain the top political group in Germany, according to a poll by Infratest-Dimap. 40 per cent of respondents would vote for either of the two conservative parties in the next election to the Federal Diet, up one point since mid-September.

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) is second with 27 per cent, followed by the Left Party (Linke) with 11 per cent, the Green Party (Grune) with 10 per cent, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) with eight 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.

Earlier this month, FDP foreign spokesman Werner Hoyer expressed dissatisfaction with the way French president Nicolas Sarkozy has behaved with Germany, saying, "Relations have dramatically worsened. And it is much more than simply a series of beginner’s mistakes."

Polling Data

What party would you vote for in the next federal election?

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,500 German voters, conducted from Oct. 1 to Oct. 3, 2007. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

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