The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has reached the top spot in the national political mood, according to polls conducted by the research institute Infratest. If a federal election were held this Sunday, the AfD would poll at 27 percent, marking a two-percentage-point increase from the institute’s earlier survey in early April. Meanwhile, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its partners (the Union) have seen a decline of two percentage points, currently standing at 24 percent.
Other parties’ current standing includes the Social Democratic Party (SPD) at 12 percent (+/-0), the Greens at 15 percent (+1), and the Left Party remaining stable at 10 percent. The BSW is at 3 percent (+/-0), and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) has risen to 4 percent (+1). The remaining parties collectively account for 5 percent (-2).
Overall public sentiment towards the governing coalition remains poor. Compared to May 2025, when the CDU-SPD coalition started with moderate support of 40 percent satisfaction, the figure has reached a low of 13 percent-the percentage of respondents who are satisfied or very satisfied. Currently, 86 percent of respondents report being less or not at all satisfied.
Infratest notes that the satisfaction rating for the government has not been assessed worse than the current Schwarz-Rot pairing since the start of the “Deutschlandtrend” in 1997. Only three previous governments registered lower values: the Red-Green coalition in November 2003 and March 2004 (both with 11 percent satisfaction), and the CDU-FDP coalition in June 2010 (12 percent).
Regarding individual leaders, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) is rated highest among the federal cabinet members. Currently, 56 percent of respondents are satisfied with his work (+7 compared to April), while 32 percent are dissatisfied (-4). Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) has a satisfaction rating of 25 percent (+/-3 compared to March), with 51 percent expressing they are less or not at all satisfied (-1).
Other key figures include Deputy Chancellor Lars Klingbeil (SPD), who records a satisfaction score of 21 percent (+3 compared to April), against 64 percent who are dissatisfied (-3). Minister of Labor, Bärbel Bas (SPD), achieves 18 percent satisfaction (+3), while 54 percent are dissatisfied (-3).
The most significant dip was recorded for Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU). With 16 percent satisfied (-5), he faces an 83 percent dissatisfaction rate (+7). This constitutes the worst satisfaction rating ever recorded for an incumbent federal chancellor in the “Deutschlandtrend”.
Minister of Economics, Katherina Reiche (CDU), has a satisfaction rating of 12 percent (+/-0), with 59 percent who are dissatisfied (+3). Meanwhile, CDU parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn’s political work is rated by 12 percent of respondents as satisfactory (-4 compared to December 2025), with 78 percent less or not at all satisfied (+1).
Among opposition figures, AfD leader Alice Weidel scores 26 percent satisfaction (+1 compared to March), against 64 percent who are dissatisfied (-1). The Green Party leader, Franziska Brandtner, has a satisfaction score of 12 percent (+/-0), though 59 percent of respondents declined to answer or stated they did not know. The Left Party leader, Ines Schwerdtner, sees 7 percent of respondents as satisfied, but 72 percent declined to answer or stated they did not know.
The survey data was gathered from 1,303 eligible voters over the course of the week.