The Greens – with chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock – lost one percentage point to 16 percent, followed by the FDP in fourth place, unchanged at 13 percent. Several other polls also showed the SPD above the CDU/CSU, significantly so in some cases. The SPD is ahead of the CDU-CSU in all of the five most recent polls (highlighted in pink). Laschet, the 60-year-old leader of Merkel’s CDU-CSU alliance had gone into the election race with a comfortable lead over his rivals from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens. READ ALSO: German chancellor candidate Laschet sparks anger with flood zone laughterREAD ALSO: Gaffe-prone Merkel heir with big shoes to fill

Source: The Local September 05, 2021 07:49 UTC