The Alternative for Germany (AfD) maintains a leading position in voter favorability, as measured by Forsa, even after the federal government’s announcements regarding relief measures and reforms. In the weekly poll conducted for the broadcasters RTL and ntv, the AfD holds at 26 percent, while the Union remains steady at 24 percent.
The Greens achieved 15 percent, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) garnered twelve percent, the Left Party scored eleven percent, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) accounted for four percent. The share of non-voters and undecided voters remains high at 26 percent, significantly above the level recorded during the last federal election (17.9 percent).
Meanwhile, satisfaction with the Federal Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Friedrich Merz (CDU), remains at a historically low point. Currently, only 18 percent of German citizens are satisfied with his work, while 80 percent are dissatisfied-the poorest recorded figure to date.
Regarding the perceived political competence of the parties, both the Union and the AfD each lost one percentage point to reach 14 and 13 percent, respectively. Unchanged, eight percent of German citizens trust the Greens with the greatest problem-solving capability, five percent trust the Left Party, and four percent trust the SPD. Importantly, a majority of 54 percent of the public does not trust any single party to solve Germany’s problems.
These figures were collected between April 14 and April 20, 2026, based on a survey of 2,502 respondents.
