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Duitsland

Duitsland wordt geleid door een smalle zwart-rode coalitie: CDU/CSU plus SPD. Zij hebben 328 van de 630 zetels — twaalf boven een meerderheid — na de vervroegde verkiezingen in februari 2025. De AfD is de grootste oppositie en leidt nu de peilingen. De oude Volksparteien hebben niet langer de meeste kiezers. Dat is het hele landschap.

Belangrijkste conclusies

  1. 1

    Peilingen. AfD leidt de recente Forsa peiling met 26%, 7 punten voor CDU/CSU. Grootste verschuiving sinds 15 sep: SPD +2.

  2. 2

    Kopstukken. De toon blijft stabiel: 13% van de laatste 14 dagen headlines lezen somber, 6% positief. Top onderwerp: Politiek (29%).

  3. 3

    Overheid. Regeringsbarometer 55/100 (Gemengd resultaat). 11 van 28 ingediende voorstellen worden als slim gezien, 6 als schadelijk.

  4. 4

    Volgende stemming. Verkiezing van de federale president op 30 januari 2027, over 96 dagen.

Kopstemming · 14 dagen

Lijn: stemming · balken: verhalen

25 okt · 8 verhalen · neigt naar somber1 optimistisch · 5 neutral · 2 somber

Waar de headlines over gaan

  • Overig 29%
  • Politiek 29%
  • Veiligheid 25%
  • Economie 13%
  • Samenleving 3%
  • Klimaat 2%

Een eenvoudige woordlijstschatting op basis van de dagelijkse nieuwsberichten. Geen oordeel.

Poll trend · Forsa

  • AfD26%
  • CDU/CSU19%
  • Greens17%
  • SPD14%
  • Left12%+1
  • FDP4%

Verandering ten opzichte van de 6 okt poll.

Kaart · stemming vergeleken

Duitsland

Algehele stemming: 13% somber, 6% optimistisch · vandaag -12

Wat veranderde er vandaag

25 okt

  • 25 okt: 8 verhalen (gemiddeld 8); toon als gewoonlijk.
  • Laatste Forsa peiling (13 okt): Left +1 tegenover 6 okt.

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Dieper gaan

Partijen, mensen, beloften, geld

Live snapshot · 21 Sep 2026

Who runs Germany, and what they actually do.

Germany is run by a slim black-red coalition: CDU/CSU plus SPD. They hold 328 of 630 seats — twelve above a majority — after the February 2025 snap election. The AfD is the largest opposition and now leads the polls. The old Volksparteien no longer command most voters. That is the whole landscape.

How to read a score: it is an editorial average of public records on named topics, and the page shows the breakdown. It is not a scientific index and not a recommendation about how to vote.

De zaal

21st Bundestag

630 seats · 316 to govern

De deal

Schwarz-Rot

CDU/CSU 208 + SPD 120 = 328 seats. Majority is 316. Cushion: twelve seats, and Merz still lost the first chancellor ballot.

De stemming

Verkiezingen vs nu

February 2025 election · INSA telephone survey, 26 September 2026

  • AfD
    29.0%
  • Union
    19.0%
  • Greens
    15.0%
  • SPD
    14.0%
  • Left
    10.0%
  • FDP
    4.0%
  • BSW
    3.0%

Solid bar = INSA on 26 September 2026. Ghost bar = 2025 election share. The Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union are one bloc, because that is how INSA publishes them.

Het land

16 Länder, two Germanys

2025 second-vote (Zweitstimme) winner on each tile. The west is still Christian Democratic country. The east is Alternative for Germany country. Berlin is the Left’s only state. Tap a tile for the full stack.

Tile map of the 16 Länder · fill = 2025 Zweitstimme winner · tap a Land

NW

Nordrhein-Westfalen

West

Eerst op deze tegel: CDU · tik op een balk om de partij te openen

Biggest prize. 136 of 630 seats.

De trend

Van verkiezingsavond tot nu

Pollster: INSA telephone survey. Latest point 26 September 2026, 1,203 people, fieldwork 21–25 September. Read from https://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/insa.htm. Not a forecast.

De kloof

East vs west, 2025

AfD 34.6% east · Union 30.7% west

Het verschil

Zetels die ze hebben vs de peiling

The Bundestag is frozen in February 2025. The country is not. Beige is share of 630 seats. Blue is the current poll average.

De gezichten

Open een dossier

Chancellor, purse, defence, opposition, Bavaria. Full career, what they stand for, who has their ear.

Tik op een gezicht voor het volledige profiel

De onbeleefde meter

Groeikoning of een gevecht met werk

Wie laat de taart groeien, wie kiest een gevecht met werk. Kabinet zit aan 55 / 100. The cabinet figure is the average of the six-topic scores for the named ministers. A high number means the editorial reading is that their record makes it easier to produce and to hire. A low number means the reading is that their record makes hiring and building harder. The six topics are energy prices, hiring, capital, building, hours in work, and paperwork. This is an editorial gauge. The criteria are the six topics on the chart. It is not a forecast and not a court ruling.

Tegen het werkMixed recordGroeikoning

Volledige causale ketens leven op elke belofte

Achter de schermen

Wie heeft hun oor

Insurers spent €15.3m last year just to be in the room. CDU took €8m in large gifts since 2025. Reiche walked in from E.ON. Scales for access — not a bribery charge.

Financiën · wie pakt eerst op

Deze week

De pols

Landtag

AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt in a landslide

About 43.8% for the AfD, more than double last time. CDU halved to ~17%. Weidel told the Bundestag: Schwarz-Rot is over, and the AfD will take a governing mandate at Bund level next time.

Polls

AfD first, Union in the cellar

INSA telephone survey of 26 September 2026, 1,203 people, fieldwork 21–25 September, compiled at https://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/insa.htm: Alternative for Germany (AfD) 29, Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union together 19, Greens 15, Social Democratic Party (SPD) 14, Left 10, Free Democratic Party (FDP) 4, Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) 3. Not a forecast.

Cabinet

New ministers sworn in — late

Bilger, Linnemann and Warken were appointed on 29 July but only sworn in on 8 September. Constitutional lawyers called the gap a problem. Not the reset photo the Chancellery wanted.

Coalition

34-point reform night

Tax relief, sick-note crackdown, flexible contracts, pensions by December. Merz, Klingbeil, Bas and Söder sold it as the modernisation catalogue. Unions and opposition called it a social rollback.

Cabinet

Merz shuffles three jobs

After Jens Spahn left the Union floor-leader post, Warken took the Kanzleramt (first woman), Linnemann took Health, Bilger took Transport. Party reviewers used the word chaotic.

Politiek 101

Hoe dit land echt werkt

What is the Bundestag?

The national parliament. 630 people who make federal law and elect the chancellor.

Germany is a parliamentary democracy. You do not elect the chancellor on a ballot — you elect parties and local MPs. The Bundestag then elects the chancellor. The 21st Bundestag has 630 seats. 316 is a majority. Laws also often need the Bundesrat, which is the 16 states, not a second elected house of MPs.

Two votes, one ballot

Erststimme picks a local person. Zweitstimme picks a party — and that one really counts.

The second vote (Zweitstimme) decides how many seats each party gets nationwide. The first vote (Erststimme) decides who wins your constituency. If a party wins more constituencies than its second-vote share, the math used to balloon the house. Since 2023 the house is capped; some constituency winners can now lose their seat. That is why 2025 was also a systems shock, not just a political one.

The 5% hurdle

Under 5% nationwide, you are out — unless you win three constituencies, or you are the SSW.

FDP at 4.3% and BSW at 4.98% both missed in 2025. BSW missed by 9,529 votes. That rounding error let CDU/CSU+SPD govern alone. The SSW is exempt because it represents a recognised national minority. There is also a Grundmandatsklausel: three direct mandates can still lift you in. Die Linke used that logic in past cycles; in 2025 they cleared 5% anyway.

Why coalitions are the whole game

Nobody wins outright. Government is a contract between parties that can stand each other.

The 2025 Union ‘won’ with 28.5% — not a majority. AfD came second but is fenced off. Greens+Union had no majority. FDP was gone. So the only maths that also passed the vibe check was Union+SPD: 328 seats, 12 above the line. That is a ‘grand coalition’ that is no longer grand. Combined they took 44.9% of the vote.

The Brandmauer

A political firewall: no governing with the AfD at federal level. It is a norm, not a law.

Every Bundestag party except the AfD has refused a federal coalition with it. The Union restated that after 2025 even though Union+AfD would have 360 seats. The firewall is now being stress-tested in the east. Saxony-Anhalt 2026 (AfD ~44%) is the loudest test yet. A firewall is only as real as the next Landtag.

East and West are different countries electorally

In the east the AfD is often first. In the west the old Volksparteien still breathe.

In 2025 the AfD took 34.6% in the east and 17.9% in the west. Die Linke and BSW also punch above their weight east of the Elbe. After unification the Volksparteien never fully re-rooted. That is why a national poll showing AfD first is not a glitch — it is the eastern map leaking west.

What the traffic light was

SPD (red) + Greens + FDP (yellow). 2021–2024. Died in a budget fight.

Scholz became chancellor in 2021. The coalition did the Zeitenwende, a cheap train ticket, cannabis, and a heating law that ate the Greens. The constitutional court gutted a budget trick in 2023. Lindner was fired in November 2024, the government lost its majority, Scholz lost a confidence vote, and voters were called back in February 2025.

Year one of Merz

A chancellor who lost his first ballot, a 12-seat majority, and a poll collapse.

Elected 6 May 2025 on a second ballot — a first in federal history. Treaty title: Verantwortung für Deutschland. By autumn 2026 the coalition scores ~15% approval, AfD leads the Sonntagsfrage, Saxony-Anhalt has fallen, and a July reshuffle (Warken, Linnemann, Bilger) was meant to look like a reset. The to-do list is still pensions, tax, and a state that answers email.

Verkiezingen

Wat staat er op de agenda

Nationale verkiezingen en de belangrijkste stemmingen op deze bureaus, voor ongeveer de komende 24 maanden. De datum komt van de verkiezingsautoriteit. Een peiling verschijnt alleen als een genoemde peiler deze in de laatste 60 dagen heeft gepubliceerd.

Verkiezing van de federale president

Datum vastgesteld

30 Jan 2027

96 dagen

The Bundestag calendar lists the Federal Convention for 30 January 2027.

Bron van de datum: Deutscher Bundestag

6 more dates

Sleeswijk-Holstein landtagverkiezingen

Datum vastgesteld

18 Apr 2027

174 dagen

Bron van de datum: Die Bundeswahlleiterin

Landtagverkiezingen Noordrijn-Westfalen

Datum vastgesteld

25 Apr 2027

181 dagen

Bron van de datum: Die Bundeswahlleiterin

Stemintentie

Forsa

Veldwerk 7 Sept 2026 – 18 Sept 2026 · Gepubliceerd 23 Sept 2026

Forsa for Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and Kölnische Rundschau, as listed by Wahlrecht.de. Fieldwork 7–18 September 2026, published 23 September 2026.

  • CDU29%
  • AfD22%
  • Groenen18%
  • SPD14%
  • Links8%
  • FDP3%
  • Overigen6%

Forsa

Verkiezingen in de deelstaat Bremen

Datum vastgesteld

30 May 2027

216 dagen

Bron van de datum: Die Bundeswahlleiterin

Landtagverkiezingen in Nedersaksen

Datum vastgesteld

26 Sept 2027

335 dagen

Bron van de datum: Die Bundeswahlleiterin

Verkiezingen in de deelstaat Beieren

Verwacht

Verwacht autumn 2028

The federal returning officer lists the next Bavarian state election as autumn 2028, without a day.

Bron van de datum: Die Bundeswahlleiterin

Hessische landverkiezingen

Verwacht

Verwacht autumn 2028

The federal returning officer lists the next Hessian state election as autumn 2028, without a day.

Bron van de datum: Die Bundeswahlleiterin

Hoe buitenlanders worden gezien

Openheid in Duitsland

Alleen gepubliceerde enquêtes. Elk cijfer toont bron en jaar.

Wie welkom is

Aandeel volwassenen in Duitsland met een positieve mening over elk land waarnaar Pew vroeg.

Openheidsscores

Drie losse metingen, elk uit een eigen jaar. We mengen ze niet.

7,120166,42023

Wat expats zeggen

InterNations Expat Insider 2025: rang van 46 bestemmingen, 1 is het best.

  • Gemak van settelen43 van 46
  • Cultuur en welkom43 van 46
  • Vriendelijkheid van de bevolking42 van 46
  • Vrienden maken42 van 46

InterNations, Expat Insider 2025

In gewone woorden

  • Expats zetten Duitsland op 43 van 46 voor gemak van settelen (2025); de beste deelscore was vriendelijkheid van de bevolking, op plek 42.
  • Van de 3 landen waarnaar Pew hier vroeg, kreeg Verenigde Staten de meest positieve meningen (33%, 2025).
  • Positieve meningen over Rusland gingen van 35% in 2018 naar 14% in 2025 (Pew).
  • Gallups Migrant Acceptance Index ging van 7,1 in 2016 naar 6,4 in 2023, op een schaal van 0–9.
Bronnen en methode

Pew vraagt volwassenen naar hun mening over een land. Dat is een beeld van het land, niet van de mensen of van een bezoeker. Een paar dat niet gevraagd is, schatten we nooit.

De InterNations-rangen komen van expats die in het land wonen (46 bestemmingen). Gallups Migrant Acceptance Index loopt van 0 tot 9. MIPEX scoort integratiewetgeving en -beleid van 0 tot 100.

Wat het voor jou betekent

Wat het voor jou betekent

Alleen cijfers met een bron en een datum. Elke bron wordt onder “Hoe we dit bronnen” onderaan de pagina vermeld. Alles wat hier niet is vermeld, is niet in ons bezit.

  • Work

    The statutory minimum wage is 13.90 euro gross per hour from 1 January 2026, and 14.60 euro from 1 January 2027. It applies to employees working in Germany, including foreign employees.

  • Taxes

    The standard VAT rate is 19 percent. A reduced rate of 7 percent applies to the turnovers listed in the VAT act, including many everyday foods. The finance ministry’s May 2026 brochure states the same 19 percent and 7 percent rates, and a wage-tax range of 0 to 45 percent.

  • Benefits

    In 2026 the standard benefit for a single adult in the basic income support for jobseekers is 563 euro a month, unchanged. A partner’s standard amount is 506 euro.

  • Housing

    The same ministry page’s 2026 example for a single adult uses 419 euro a month for housing and heating. That figure is the national analysis for July 2025, published November 2025. It is not the rent cap where you live. Local authorities set their own adequacy limits.

  • Work permit

    For 2026 the EU Blue Card minimum gross salary is 50,700 euro a year. The reduced threshold, including shortage occupations, is 45,934.20 euro. The interior ministry published both figures on 18 December 2025.

Bronnen, licenties en afbeeldingscredits

Data

  • Wire (openbare RSS-feeds):X, FAZ Politik, WELT Politik.
  • Peilingen:Forsa Bron.
  • February 2025 election · INSA telephone survey, 26 September 2026
  • Redactionele economische-competentie meter, geen gerechtshof en geen Nobelprijs. Zes assen: energie, inhuren, kapitaal, bouwen, werkuren, bureaucratie. Scores zijn een oordeel op basis van openbare gegevens van deze termijn en de vorige — geen corruptie beschuldiging, geen stemadvies.

Enquêtebronnen

  • Germany — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index 2023: Gallup. Benedict Vigers, “Germany’s Election: 5 Key Issues Facing the Next Chancellor”, 17 February 2025. Table “Germany Less Accepting of Migrants Than in 2016” (7.1 in 2016, 6.4 in 2023). Prose: peaked at 7.3 in 2022. Bron. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
  • Germany — MIPEX overall score 2020: MIPEX. Solano, Giacomo & Huddleston, Thomas (2020). Migrant Integration Policy Index 2020. Barcelona/Brussels: CIDOB and MPG. ISBN 978-84-92511-83-9. Overall score list: Germany 58. Country chapter: “with a score of 58/100”. Bron · PDF. © 2020 MPG and CIDOB. The book asks for this academic citation. The overall score is cited; the book is not reproduced. Public or commercial reuse beyond citation is not claimed.

Image credits

  • Christian Democratic Union logo — Unknown author · Public domain Source
  • Christian Social Union logo — Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e. V. · Public domain Source
  • Social Democratic Party logo — Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) · Public domain Source
  • Alliance 90 / The Greens logo — Unknown author · Public domain Source
  • Alternative for Germany logo — Alternative for Germany · Public domain Source
  • The Left logo — Die Linke Vektorisiert von PantheraLeo1359531 😺 ( talk ) · Public domain Source
  • Free Democratic Party logo — Alexander Svensson · Public domain Source
  • Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance logo — Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit · Public domain Source
  • South Schleswig Voters’ Association logo — South Schleswig Voter Federation · Public domain Source
  • Friedrich Merz, Federal Chancellor — Steffen Prößdorf · CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
  • Lars Klingbeil, Vice-Chancellor · Finance — Martina Nolte · CC BY-SA 3.0 de Source
  • Alexander Dobrindt, Interior — Sigismund von Dobschütz · CC BY-SA 3.0 Source
  • Johann Wadephul, Foreign Affairs — Foto-AG Gymnasium Melle · CC BY 3.0 Source
  • Boris Pistorius, Defence — Daniel Biskup · CC BY-SA 3.0 Source
  • Katherina Reiche, Economy & Energy — Grunpfnul · CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
  • Dorothee Bär, Research, Tech & Space — Sigismund von Dobschütz · CC BY-SA 3.0 Source
  • Stefanie Hubig, Justice & Consumer Protection — Sven Teschke · CC BY-SA 3.0 de Source
  • Karin Prien, Education & Family — Matthias Süßen · CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
  • Alexander Schweitzer, Labour & Social Affairs — Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
  • Bärbel Bas, former labour minister — Sven Teschke · CC BY-SA 3.0 de Source
  • Karsten Wildberger, Digital & State Modernisation — Leonhard Lenz · CC BY 4.0 Source
  • Steffen Bilger, Transport — Foto-AG Gymnasium Melle · CC BY 4.0 Source
  • Carsten Schneider, Environment & Climate — photothek.net · CC BY 4.0 Source
  • Carsten Linnemann, Health — Fotograf Thorsten Schneider · CC BY-SA 3.0 Source
  • Alois Rainer, Agriculture & Heimat — Foto Eiglsperger · CC BY-SA 3.0 de Source
  • Reem Alabali-Radovan, Development — Photothek · CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
  • Nina Warken, Chancellery Chief — TBB-Bilder · CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
  • Julia Klöckner, President of the Bundestag — Ralf Roletschek · CC BY 3.0 Source
  • Markus Söder, CSU leader · Bavaria MP — Mueller /MSC · CC BY 3.0 de Source
  • Alice Weidel, AfD co-chair · opposition leader — MAGISTER · CC BY-SA 3.0 de Source
  • Tino Chrupalla, AfD co-chair — TC2021 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
  • Franziska Brantner, Greens co-chair — Foto-AG Gymnasium Melle · CC BY 3.0 Source
  • Felix Banaszak, Greens co-chair — Superbass · CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
  • Heidi Reichinnek, Left group co-leader — Olaf Krostitz · CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
  • Ines Schwerdtner, Left party co-chair — Olaf Krostitz · CC BY-SA 4.0 Source
  • Sahra Wagenknecht, BSW founder — Sven Teschke · CC BY-SA 3.0 de Source
  • Wolfgang Kubicki, FDP party leader — Sven Teschke · CC BY-SA 3.0 de Source
  • Olaf Scholz, Former chancellor — Nebojša Tejić · Public domain Source
  • Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal President — president.gov.ua, procession by Roman Kubanskiy · CC BY 4.0 Source
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