INSA ranking: Weidel drops three places, Merz remains last
Pistorius stays top in INSA's politician ranking for Bild, with Özdemir second. AfD leader Alice Weidel loses three places, and Chancellor Merz again comes last.
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Defence Minister Boris Pistorius of the Social Democrats remains in first place in the latest ranking of German politicians by pollster INSA for Bild. Green politician Cem Özdemir climbs to second, followed by North Rhine-Westphalia premier Hendrik Wüst of the CDU. Manuela Schwesig (SPD) slips to fourth, while Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) gains four places to eighth. Far-right AfD co-leader Alice Weidel drops three places to 11th, and Greens parliamentary leader Katharina Dröge falls four places to 17th. Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) stays last.
Only ranks and changes were published, without scores, fieldwork dates or sample sizes. In a separate INSA voting-intention poll released on Oct. 24, the AfD stood at 30%, the CDU/CSU at 19%, the SPD and the Greens at 14% each, the Left at 10%, the FDP at 4% and the BSW at 3%.