(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Germany’s two main conservative parties remain highly popular in the country, according to a poll by Infratest-Dimap. 39 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, down one point since early December.

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) is second with 28 per cent, followed by the Left Pary (Linke) with 10 per cent, the Free Democratic Party (FDP) also with 10 per cent, and the Green Party (Grune) 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 Merkel was sworn in as Germany’s first female head of government. The current administration includes members of the CDU, CSU and SPD.

On Dec. 21, as nine Eastern European countries entered the Schengen passport-free zone, Merkel and European Commission president Jose Manuel Durao Barroso called the day a "Historic moment", a "significant step" and "a great day for Europe." The nine countries—Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia—had joined the EU in May 2004.

Polling Data

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

Source: Infratest-Dimap
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 German voters, conducted on Dec. 12 and Dec. 13, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

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