Germany’s Pirate Party Siphons Opposition Support, Poll Shows
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Germany’s Pirate Party, an insurgent political force devoted to Internet freedom, gained backing in a weekly poll that showed it siphoning off support from opposition parties.
The Pirates climbed 1 percentage point to 13 percent, displacing the Green Party, which slid 2 points to 11 percent, as the most popular force after the two main parties, according to a Forsa poll commissioned by Stern-RTL. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic-led bloc advanced 1 point to 36 percent, while the Social Democrats fell a point to 24 percent.