Ticker
Support for Merkel's coalition drops below 50%
By EUobserver
Combined support for Germany's grand coalition parties has for the first time dropped below 50%, according to an Insa poll published by Bild. CSU and CSU are supported by 30%, while SPD has 19% backing. Support has grown for the Greens to 13% and AfD is backed by 15%, while the Left party remains at 9.5%. German federal elections will be held in the autumn 2017.