Germany's coalition popularity slips after court ruling - Bild am Sonntag

The Free Democrats FDP, the third party in the coalition, gained one percentage point to reach 6%, the poll showed. "At 35%, the three coalition parties only convince around one-in-three voters," said INSA's head Hermann Binkert.

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens have lost support since a ruling last week by the constitutional court dealt a major blow to the already fractious coalition under SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz, according to a poll published on Sunday. The coalition is scrambling to fix a large hole in its finances after a court ruling on Wednesday blocked the government from transferring 60 billion euros ($65 billion) in unused funds from the pandemic towards green initiatives and industry support.

The SPD and the Greens are each down one percentage point compared with the previous week, with the SPD down to 16% and the Greens at 13% in intention votes, a weekly survey conducted by the INSA polling institute for Bild am Sonntag showed. The Free Democrats FDP, the third party in the coalition, gained one percentage point to reach 6%, the poll showed.

"At 35%, the three coalition parties only convince around one-in-three voters," said INSA's head Hermann Binkert. "They are 17 percentage points below their result in the last general election." The conservative opposition CDU/CSU remains the strongest force with an unchanged 30%, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is stagnating at 21%.

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