Merkel’s Party Losing Support Before State Votes – Poll

 

Reuters, 07/03 13:29 CET

BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are losing support ahead of elections in three German states on Sunday that are shaping up as a litmus test of her migrant policies.

A survey by pollster INSA showed Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) had lost support over the last week in two of the three states, with their closest rival catching up on the party in the third.

Facing the biggest test of her decade in office, Merkel is scrambling to secure a Europe-wide plan to address the refugee crisis but many voters are losing faith in her ability to make it work, and want Germany to close its borders instead.

The three states voting on March 13 have a combined population of about 17 million, about a fifth of Germany’s 81 million. 

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Source: Euronews