Three months before the election: AfD moves into second place in Berlin:
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Cooperation with AfD? CDU politician sparks debate about firewall in Berlin: The announcement by a CDU member of parliament that he intends to elect an AfD ...
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Key FactsReinickendorf AfD Candidate Could Become Deputy Mayor With CDU Votes
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- The vote is scheduled for Thursday, 29 October; the AfD is running lawyer Thomas Ruschin, who switched from the CDU in 2020.
- Reinickendorf CDU chair Marvin Schulz says the approach prioritizes practical policy over political camps and does not mean the CDU is working with the AfD.
- Schulz said blanket rejections of AfD motions had not weakened the party and should not give it a martyr role.
- Former SPD district chair Jörg Stroedter warned that an election would bring down the firewall; he said such people should leave the CDU if Merz wanted credibility.
Anyone who votes for the AfD is playing the extremists’ game and destroying credibility. In any case, that is incompatible with the values of my party, the CDU.— Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) said this after the AfD candidate was elected president of the state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt.
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Key FactsARD projection puts CDU below five percent in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Sep 20, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- The ARD projection put the CDU at 4.9 percent, its first projection below the five-percent threshold.
- ARD and ZDF projected the AfD at 37 to 38 percent in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, narrowly ahead of the SPD.
- Die Linke clearly led the CDU in Berlin and therefore received the mandate to govern.
- SPD leader Lars Klingbeil announced plans to review government action in response to the election results.
We have displaced the CDU as a people's party.— Alice Weidel, AfD leader, on ZDF after the elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.
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Just a few weeks before the election: Poll shows the Left Party clearly in the lead in Berlin
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Key FactsPoll puts Left Party ahead before Berlin election
Aug 22, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- In the Forsa survey for T-Online, the Left Party with lead candidate Elif Eralp polls at 22 percent, ahead of the CDU and AfD at 18 percent each, the Greens at 16 percent and the SPD at 12 percent; according to the stated figures, the data are representative with a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
- According to the poll, BSW and FDP would receive 4 percent and 3 percent respectively and would therefore fail to enter the state parliament; a new House of Representatives will be elected on September 20.
- Berlin’s Governing Mayor Kai Wegner is not running again, so the CDU is putting forward Finance Senator Stefan Evers as its lead candidate.
- The poll indicates that forming the government would require more than a two-party coalition, with possible alliances including the Left Party, Greens and SPD or the CDU, Greens and SPD, while T-Online identified the first option as the most popular.
SPD far behind: Poll shows Left Party in the lead in Berlin - | CDU in second place
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Key FactsCivey poll puts the Left narrowly ahead in Berlin
Aug 5, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- In the Civey voting-intention poll, the Left would receive 21 percent if voting took place on 9 August 2026, ahead of the CDU (19), AfD (18), Greens (17) and SPD (12).
- The FDP and BSW each receive three percent and would therefore currently fail to enter the House of Representatives.
- In a representative Insa poll published on 23 July, the AfD led with 19 percent, while the CDU and Left each received 18 percent.
- The report notes that polls reflect public opinion only at the time of questioning and are not forecasts of the election result.
At this point in time I will not rule out any coalition.— Steffen Krach, SPD lead candidate, in a Tagesspiegel interview
Election campaign chaos in Berlin: Hundreds of fines for poster violations - | and The Left Party leads in polls.
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Key FactsBerlin polls diverge over AfD and Die Linke
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- The election for Berlin’s House of Representatives is due to take place on 20 September 2026, roughly six weeks after the situation reported on 5 August.
- In a Civey survey of about 3,000 people conducted between 20 July and 3 August, Die Linke received 21%, the CDU 19%, the AfD 18%, the Greens 17% and the SPD 12%, while the FDP and BSW each stood at 3%.
- Insa’s poll for Nius recorded 19% for the AfD, 18% each for the CDU and Die Linke, 16% for the Greens, 13% for the SPD and 4% each for the FDP and BSW; the figures are snapshots rather than forecasts.
- After poster placement officially opened at noon on 2 August, Steglitz-Zehlendorf reported around 100 indications and 50 confirmed violations, while Marzahn-Hellersdorf cited 58 cases and expects fines of about €2,900.
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