In Germany, as the Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) continues negotiations to form a new “grand coalition”government with the Social Democrats (SPD) in Germany, a poll published Saturday by Bild puts the Alternative for Germany (AfD) for the first time in a tie with the party that won the parliamentary elections nearly six weeks ago.

The Christian Democrats (CDU) and Bavaria’s sister-party Christian Social Union (CSU) party together garner 24% of voting intentions (-2% compared to a previous survey), while the AfD also garnered 24% (+1%), at least according to this poll, conducted by the INSA institute on behalf of Bild.

The CDU/CSU won the February 23 election by securing 28.5% of the vote, but recent polls suggest that there are loses before it even takes power.

The SPD, which saw its share plummet to 16.4% in February’s election (-9.3%), remains at that level, the poll suggests, as it gathered 16% of voting intentions. The Greens (-1%) are tied (11%) with The Left (+1%), according to the findings.

If new elections were held today, neither the Free Democrats (FDP) nor the Zara Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) would secure more than the 5% needed to enter the Bundestag, as was the case in the elections, as they secured only 4% of the voting intentions.

This poll of a sample of 1,206 German voters was conducted between 31 March and 4 April and the margin of statistical error is ±2.9%.