German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) is leading in the opinion polls with 40 percent of popular support, a survey showed.
According to the GMS poll issued on Wednesday, public support for the CDU/CSU has increased by one percent, whereas support for SPD has decreased from 23 to 22 percent.
The Free Democratic Party (FDP) has received 9 percent thus prompting a slender majority of a possible coalition of FDP and Christian Democrats in the parliament if the elections took place on Sunday.
The Green party and The Left party received 8 percent each, while eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) 7 percent.
The poll was conducted between August 8 and August 15, with 1,007 respondents having participated in it.
Germany’s parliamentary elections are slated for September 24.