One week before the German election, the latest voter poll has put the far-right AfD solidly ahead of the other "small parties." But Germany's Green party and the liberal FDP haven't given up in the race for third place.
The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) maintained its lead over its "small party" competition according to the latest poll reported by the German Bild am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday.
The "Sonntagstrend" survey by the polling institute Emnid showed support for the AfD at 11 percent, meaning the party could take third place when Germany heads to the polls in one week.
Should the party's double-digit polling numbers hold, the populist party would enter Germany's national parliament for the first time after the September 24election.
The Emnid poll also put German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives well ahead of their Social Democratic Party (SPD) rivals and on track to remain the largest party in the Bundestag.
Support for Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), was at 36 percent.
The SPD, under party leader and chancellor candidate Martin Schulz, was polling at 22 percent in the poll.
Reference: DW
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