New poll shows: Union on the up after Merz's first days - | AfD also gains ground

The majority of Germans support Merz's migration policy.— Hermann Binkert, head of Insa, regarding public support for Friedrich Merz's migration policy.

More than a third of voters are satisfied with Friedrich Merz as Chancellor.

— This is shown by a survey conducted by the polling institute Insa for Bild am Sonntag.

43 percent of respondents express satisfaction with his work – this is three points more than in the previous week, five more than at the end of May.— This statement comes from a survey measuring public satisfaction with Chancellor Friedrich Merz's performance.

In my view, it cannot depend on whether a party has two percent of voters or thirty percent.

— Designated Federal Minister of Justice Stefanie Hubig (SPD) comments on the necessity of an AfD ban procedure.

The rising values for the Union correspond to the increasing approval for the black-red federal government and the Chancellor. Everything at a very low level, but for the first time since taking office with a positive trend.

— Insa Chief Hermann Binkert explains to 'Bild'.

The overall party has an extremist character that disregards human dignity.

— The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution regarding the AfD.

It is my firm conviction that a state must protect itself. That was also the idea of the fathers and mothers of the Basic Law from the experiences of the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. We must also utilize this possibility of seeking a party ban. I share this view with many. More and more people see the danger posed by the AfD.

— Daniel Günther, Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein, stated this in an interview with the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.

The AfD is a party that poses a serious danger to our democracy and our rule of law. From German history, we know how terribly circumstances can develop when right-wing extremists, nationalists, and enemies of democracy attack parliamentary democracy and come into political responsibility.

— Konstantin von Notz, Deputy Parliamentary Group Leader and Chairman of the Parliamentary Control Committee, and Irene Mihalic, First Parliamentary Managing Director, regarding the elevation of the AfD by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

If you don't want a coup, you have to create a turnaround— This statement describes the AfD's strategy for gaining power.

The polls are bitter and decisive action is needed now.

— Thorsten Frei (CDU), designated head of the Chancellery, regarding the current polling situation.

The Greens are the biggest losers of this survey, the Left is the biggest winner.

— Hermann Binkert, Managing Director of INSA, regarding the survey results in Baden-Württemberg.

Wadephul is rather the type of German politician who was interested in Russia, hoping to change it according to his own ideas, and when that did not work, became disillusioned and adopted an anti-Russian stance.

— This comment comes from the Russian government newspaper 'Rossijskaja Gaseta' and describes the views of the designated Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Russia.