AfD Reaches 30 Percent in German Poll for First Time

In October 2026, an Insa poll put the AfD at 30 percent nationwide for the first time, with the CDU/CSU Union at 18 percent, twelve points behind. The Union's 18 percent was described as a historic low in the survey.

The Greens responded with an internal strategy paper saying their previous approach to the AfD had failed and calling for a change of course, including offering voters what the paper called noticeable solutions to people's problems.