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Merz Gains Support as CDU Tops AfD in PollsAfter seven weeks in office, Merz earns 57% approval while CDU/CSU leads with 29% support in latest ZDF survey.
- The CDU/CSU increased its share by two points, securing 29 percent ahead of the AfD's 22 percent.
- More than half of respondents express satisfaction with Friedrich Merz's performance as chancellor after seven weeks.
- Merz receives strong approval in foreign policy, with 63 percent rating his work positively.
- Sixty-five percent of Germans back raising defense spending to meet NATO's five percent target.
I am optimistic that we will overcome the challenges together.— Friedrich Merz stated this during his first press conference as Chancellor.
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