(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Germany’s top conservative parties have maintained their high support rate this month, according to a poll by Forsa released by Stern and RTL. 37 per cent of respondents would vote for the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) or the Bavarian Christian-Social Party (CSU) in the next election to the Federal Diet, unchanged since early August.

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) is second with 20 per cent, followed by the Left Party (Linke) with 15 per cent, the Free Democratic Party (FDP) with 12 per cent, and the Green Party (Grune) with 10 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, Merkel was featured as the world’s "most powerful woman" by Forbes magazine for the third year in a row. The magazine said Germany’s chancellor deserves the distinction because she "bulldozes through controversy" and has pushed "to make the euro a bigger player in global financial markets as the dollar wanes."

Germany’s next federal ballot is tentatively scheduled for September 2009.

Polling Data

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

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 2,501 German adults, conducted from Aug. 18 to Aug. 22, 2008. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

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