Euro elections | Door-to-door polls: Far-right on the rise in Germany and Austria – support for the Greens collapsed

in Germany exit polls predict a big victory for the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD).

AfD is emerging as the second largest party with 16 percent support. According to door-to-door polls, the winner of the election is the conservative union CDU/CSU, sitting in the opposition, with 30 percent support.

For Germany’s current governing parties, door-to-door polls predict a clear election loss. The Federal Chancellor’s Party Social Democrats (SPD) is getting 14 percent, the liberal party FDP five percent and the Greens 12.5 percent. The support of the Greens seems to have collapsed by eight percentage points from the previous European elections.

Leftist populist Sahra Wagenknecht the new party is getting six percent support. The election victory is remarkable because the party is participating in the elections for the first time. Both the AfD and Sahra Wagenknecht’s party have criticized Germany’s arms aid to Ukraine. Both parties would ready to return gas trade with Russia.

The Green Party has demanded the most of all parties for arms aid to Ukraine. It is about to take the biggest loss.

Also According to door-to-door polls, the radical right-wing Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) received the most votes in Austria.

FPÖ was number one with around 27 percent support. FPÖ is the most pro-Russian of the Austrian parties. In the European election campaign, the party has accused the EU and Ukraine of inciting the war.

The party is reviewWestern arms aid to Ukraine. The election victory of the radical right-wing FPÖ was expected. The party’s support has been around 30 percent in opinion polls. It is also expected to win the autumn parliamentary elections.

According to exit polls, the conservative ruling party the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Social Democrats are fighting for second place in the European elections. Around 23 percent support is predicted for both.