(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Germany’s two main conservative parties keep a strong level of public support in the country, according to a poll by Forsa released by Stern and RTL. 40 per cent of respondents would back the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) or the Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU) in the next election to the Federal Diet, up one point since late October.

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) is second with 26 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.

On Nov. 6, Merkel said in a speech to Berlin’s Jewish community that there is a "great chance for renewed movement" in the Middle East peace process. The German chancellor mentioned the international conference scheduled to take place later this month in the United States, adding, "The German government will undertake all it can to support this process."

Polling Data

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

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Interviews with 2,502 German adults, conducted from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, 2007. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

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