Support for Germany's Social Democrat (SPD) party, a junior partner in Chan...
BERLIN - Support for Germany’s Social Democrat party, a junior partner in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition, has slumped to a record low, a poll showed on Saturday, piling more pressure on it to quit the government and rebuild in opposition.
The troubled centre-left SPD had the backing of 11% of respondents in a Forsa poll, a decline of one point from a week ago. It marked its lowest level of support since 1949 and placed it in fourth, behind the far-right Alternative for Germany on 13%. “The SPD has made millions of former voters homeless,” said Forsa chief Manfred Guellner. “A lot of those former voters would like to give their vote to the SPD, but they can’t do so because the SPD for years has been taking care of a few remaining members instead of the many voters it lost.”
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