德国极右翼政党在州选民调中领先

德国极右翼政党德国选择党（AfD）在即将举行的梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚州州选中民调领先，支持率为37%，比社民党（SPD）高出3个百分点。1这一民调发布恰逢AfD刚在萨克森-安哈尔特州选举中战胜总理默茨所在的基督教民主联盟（CDU）之后。1在梅克伦堡-前波美拉尼亚州的民调中，CDU仅获7%支持率，若此结果成为现实将创联邦德国成立以来州选最差纪录。1

现任州长、SPD领导人施韦西格个人支持率达61%，远高于AfD候选人霍尔姆的28%。1其他政党中，左翼党民调支持率10%，绿党5%，BSW（瓦格内克特联盟）4%。1

前总理默克尔为此公开呼吁民众捍卫民主与自由。1她表示"民主没有免费午餐——天下没有免费的事"，1同时承认自己任期内关于2015年难民危机的决定以及欧元区债务危机政策助长了AfD的支持。1

The Alternative for Germany (AfD), the country's far-right party, holds a three-percentage-point lead in polling for the upcoming Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election, with 37% support 1. This polling comes shortly after the AfD defeated Chancellor Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the Saxony-Anhalt state election 1. The CDU's polling performance in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania stands at just 7%, which would represent the worst result for the party in a state election since the founding of the Federal Republic 1.

The Social Democrats (SPD), the current governing party in the state, trail the AfD by three points in the survey 1. However, SPD state leader Schwesig commands notably higher personal approval at 61% compared to AfD candidate Holm's 28% 1. Other parties in the polling include the Left Party at 10%, the Greens at 5%, and the BSW (Wagenknecht Alliance) at 4% 1.

Former Chancellor Merkel has responded to the AfD's electoral strength by urging citizens to actively defend democracy and freedom 1. She acknowledged that certain decisions made during her tenure—including her handling of the 2015 refugee crisis and eurozone debt crisis policies—contributed to rising AfD support 1. "Democracy has no free lunch—there is no such thing as a free meal," Merkel stated 1.