Centrist parties alarmed as poll shows growing support for German far right

Prominent members of German mainstream parties have expressed alarm at a new poll released showing support for the far-right Alternative for Germany at a record high. The latest DeutschlandTrend survey was released Thursday. It's conducted monthly by infratest dimap for public broadcaster ARD. The poll puts voter support for Alternative for Germany at 18% on a par with Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats. Scholz’s party received 25.7% of the vote while AfD got 10.3% in the 2021 election. Support for the opposition Christian Democrats stood at 29% in the poll of 1,302 voters conducted from May 30-31. The margin of error was up to 3 percentage points.