AfD Is Now Germany's Most Popular Party For The First Time Ever As 'Ban' Efforts Escalate
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has hit a historic watermark, and is now the most popular party in Germany for the first time ever, reaching 26 percent. The poll, from Forsa, shows the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in second place with 25 percent.
If the vote were held today, the two parties set to enter government, the Social Democrats (SPD) and the CDU, would not have enough votes to enter government. The SPD is at 15 percent, giving the two parties a combined total of 40 percent. The poll showed that support for the Greens dropped a point to 11 percent and the Left Party also dropped a point to 9 percent.
BREAKING: 🇩🇪The AfD party is now the most popular party in Germany for the first time ever, soaring to 26%.The main German parties are working to ban the AfD, and a vote on a ban is expected in the coming months in the new Bundestag.Follow: @RMXnews pic.twitter.com/Czf0gJcNgs — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) April 22, 2025
The news comes at a time when the left is racing to vote on a ban on the AfD in the German parliament, the Bundestag, a topic covered in detail by Remix News. However, despite inital reports that the CDU would back such a ban, the picture is becoming muddier.
For one, there are more and more voices in the CDU and its sister party, the CSU, who are calling for 'more calm' towards the AfD, including from the influential vice-chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Jens Spahn. Spahn even said that the AfD should be able to lead some of the committee in the Bundestag, which would give the party more say and power. Given that it received the second-most votes during the German election, it should, like all other parties, have access to these committees, but many want to shut it out completely, especially from intelligence committees.
The issue could lead to a major split in the coalition between the CDU and SPD. SPD Bundestag member Ralf Stegner told Welt his party has 'absolutely no sense of humor' on any attempt to go easy on the AfD.
🇩🇪🚨 "Germany needs the AfD"Young women are increasingly promoting the AfD party on TikTok.Many of them feel increasingly unsafe in Germany, and they believe AfD is the answer. pic.twitter.com/iXemPYBV0c — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) February 16, 2025
He said any kind of rapprochement would represent a 'maximum stress test' for the new coalition govenrment.
'Anyone who wants to form a coalition with the SPD cannot join forces with right-wing radicals. And joining forces also means voting for enemies of democracy,' he said. The MP, known for his left-wing views, instead is calling for a ban on the AfD if the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) classifies the party as 'confirmed right-wing extremist.'
'If the Office for the Protection of the Constitution upgrades its classification, then we also have a duty to work towards initiating a ban on the party,' Stegner said.
🇩🇪‼️ Young German woman explains why voters are turning to the AfD"I'm afraid to travel by train, afraid to go into town, afraid to do anything in public. And they talk about people being afraid of the AfD. The AfD has done nothing to anyone, unlike other people." pic.twitter.com/hYlQVKXb1Q — Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) February 10, 2025
However, Welt reports that CDU is rejecting an 'automoatic' approach to banning the AfD.
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