Merkel’s Bloc Opens Up 8-Point Lead in German Election Poll
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc opened up an 8 percentage-point lead in a weekly poll, pulling further ahead of the Green party and other contenders ahead of Germany’s election on Sept. 26.
Support for Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union and its Bavaria-based CSU ally increased 1 point to 28%, while the Greens stagnated in second place at 20%, according to an Insa poll for the Bild am Sonntag newspaper.