{"id":58708,"date":"2026-04-25T17:22:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/germanys-far-right-afd-surges-to-all-time-high-of-28-in-insa-poll\/25\/04\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:22:54","slug":"germanys-far-right-afd-surges-to-all-time-high-of-28-in-insa-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/germanys-far-right-afd-surges-to-all-time-high-of-28-in-insa-poll\/25\/04\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s far-right AfD surges to all-time high of 28% in INSA poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Saturday climbed to an all-time high in a new poll as it surges ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz&#8217;s conservatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The survey by the INSA institute put the anti-immigrant AfD on 28%, the highest figure in the party&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The AfD, which is under investigation by German intelligence services for its extremist views, is the country&#8217;s largest opposition party after finishing second in parliamentary elections last year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_58sl3b3agninpfivb8lbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_58sl3b3agninpfivb8lbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_58sl3b3agninpfivb8lbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The poll put the AfD four points ahead of Merz&#8217;s centre-right bloc, which has seen a drop in support in recent weeks amid soaring oil prices due to the war in Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Merz&#8217;s coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), was unchanged on 14%, with the opposition Greens falling by one point to 12% and The Left stable on 11%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The polling firm surveyed 1,203 voters between April 20-24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other polls in recent weeks have also recorded a rise in support for the AfD, with YouGov putting the party on 27% in a survey on April 15.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/germanys-far-afd-surges-time-205319327.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Saturday climbed to an all-time high in a new poll as it surges ahead of<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/germanys-far-right-afd-surges-to-all-time-high-of-28-in-insa-poll\/25\/04\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/dpa_international_526\/e96f138cf2b4ab967ec82811834759c7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}