Merkel’s Bloc Widens German Election Poll Lead as Greens Slip
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc widened its lead in a weekly poll ahead of Germany’s election as support for the Green party slipped further.
Combined support for Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union and its Bavaria-based CSU ally was unchanged at 28% in Insa’s poll for the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. The Greens retreated 1 percentage point to 19%, shrinking their advantage over the Social Democratic Party, which polled 17%.