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Germany news: Far-right AfD ahead of Merz’s conservatives – The far-right Alternative for Germany has nudged ahead of its political rivals in a new poll, the most recent of several that it has topped.

The far-right AfD is the country’s second largest party in nationwide polling and Germany’s largest opposition party.

A poll shows that Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc would win 25% of the vote, down one percentage point. Support for the far-right Alternative for Germany is unchanged at 26%.