AfD HOLDS COMMANDING LEAD OVER MERZ'S COALITION

BERLIN, NOVEMBER 13 /SRNA/ - Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany /AfD/ party continues to hold a commanding lead in opinion polls over Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc, according to the latest survey results.

Germany's DPA news agency reported that if parliamentary elections were held on Sunday, November 15, AfD would receive 28 percent of the vote, up two percentage points from polls conducted a week earlier.

Chancellor Merz's conservative bloc, comprising the Christian Democratic Union /CDU/ and the Christian Social Union /CSU/, would receive 22 percent, down one percentage point from the previous poll.

According to the same results, the Social Democratic Party /SPD/, currently in a coalition with the conservatives, would also lose one percentage point, receiving 13 percent.

The Greens would gain two percentage points to reach 15 percent, while the Left Party would lose one percentage point, falling to 10 percent.

According to the poll, the current ruling coalition would fail to retain its majority in the lower house of parliament.

The survey polled 1,297 randomly selected voters and was conducted online and by telephone between November 10 and 12.