Poll: Majority of Germans see no electoral gain from replacing Merz

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2026-06-01

Berlin (dpa) - A slight majority of Germans do not believe Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives would perform better in opinion polls if he were replaced by another leader from his party, according to a survey published on Monday. The poll by Forsa for broadcaster RTL and Stern magazine found that 53% of respondents did not think the conservative bloc, made up of Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian......

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