Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the most popular party in the country for the first time. According to a YouGov survey, AfD has 27 percent support - more than all others. The CDU/CSU bloc, which traditionally dominated the right, dropped to 23 percent - its lowest result in this survey since late 2021.

The SPD, the party that once built modern Germany, is at 13 percent. The Greens and Left see small gains - one percentage point each, at 14 and 10 percent. FDP and the left-populist BSW are below the threshold at 4 percent each.

79 percent unhappy

The number that really hits is different: 79 percent of respondents are unhappy with the government. In mid-2025, that figure was 55 percent. A jump of 24 percentage points in less than a year. That's not a trend - that's a collapse of trust.

Other agencies - Insa and Infratest Dimap - confirm a similar picture: AfD is either ahead or level with CDU/CSU. This is not a statistical anomaly.

Germany, the country that for decades was synonymous with stability and centrism, is now watching the rise of a party the rest of Europe classifies as far-right. Will Berlin do something different from what Paris tried with Le Pen - ignoring the problem while it grows? In the Balkans, we know what it looks like when institutions lose citizens' trust. The question is whether Germany is ready for that lesson.