Survey shock for Klingbeil: SPD plummets - CDU/CSU and AfD gain ground:
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SPD Collapses as Union and AfD Gain GroundSPD support drops to 14.5%; CDU/CSU leads with 28%, AfD holds 23.5%; coalition majority becomes unlikely ahead of elections.
- SPD's support slips further to 14.5%, with Left and Greens closing in at 11% each.
- The Union maintains a steady lead at 28%, while AfD remains strong at 23.5% despite widespread rejection.
- Combined, SPD and Union total only 42.5%, making a governing majority improbable at this stage.
- SPD leader Klingbeil loses ground in popularity rankings, whereas Minister Bärbel Bas gains prominence.
Both parties have a maximum potential of significantly over 20 percent and could also contest the third place from the SPD.— INSA Chief Hermann Binkert explains to Bild that the Left and Greens are dangerously close to the SPD.
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