Merkel’s Bloc Continues to Slide in German Election Poll

Angela Merkel
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By Eyk Henning

July 24, 2021 at 10:00 PM UTC

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The Christian Democratic party of outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel continued to lose support while its main rivals remained stable in the latest Insa poll, according to weekly Bild am Sonntag.

Combined support for the Christian Democratic Union and Bavaria’s CSU party, led by Merkel’s successor candidate Armin Laschet, declined by 1 percentage point to 27%.