Social Democrats leap ahead of Merkel’s party in new poll
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6 February 2017
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Social Democrats leap ahead of Merkel’s party in new poll
The SPD's candidate for chancellor, Martin Schulz. Photo: DPA.
The Social Democrats could be pose a threat to Angela Merkel in September's election as they made a "historic leap" in support in one poll, and even overtook her conservative Union parties in another.
A poll by opinion research institute Insa and Bild on Monday placed the Social Democrats (SPD) one percentage point ahead of Merkel’s conservative Union parties, the CDU and CSU.
The SPD jumped up four percentage points over the last poll one week ago to reach 31 percent support over the Union’s 30 percent - a drop of about three percentage points compared to last week.
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