The survey by Forsa for Stern magazine is the second this week to show a substantial narrowing of the gap between Merkel's conservative bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the big winners in the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).

A similar Stern survey in 2009 found 49 percent considered Israel aggressive. The survey, conducted by Forsa pollsters, found 70 percent of Germans agree with the statement that Israel pursues its interests without consideration for other nations.

The Forsa poll for Stern magazine, released Wednesday, put support for Merkel's Union bloc at 31 percent — down four points from the previous week. That left it four points ahead of the main opposition Social Democrats but neither has enough support for ...

The slump is another blow for the Christian Democratic Union, darkening its prospects for next year's election. In this week's Forsa survey, published in Stern magazine, Merkel's CDU scooped up just 31 percent – their lowest score since October 2011 and ...

Budapest designer Petra Nikoletti bought eight Ikea Forsa lamps and a salad bowl and had a locksmith precision fit them into a "spider lamp": "I bought 8 Ikea FORSÅ table lamp, and only used the arms and the heads. A custom-made cylinder is holding them ...

A total of 1,500 German adults responded to the poll, which was conducted by the Forsa Institute for Social Research and Statistical Analysis via phone from April 28 to 30. The institute released the results of the poll on May 15. The respondents were ...

"It would be wrong to see the vote as a signal of Merkel's twilight. Austerity and Europe played no role in the campaign," Manfred Güllner, head of the Forsa polling institute, told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "People are happy that she is doing something to prevent ...

Both were members of the Scottish Aero Club based at Perth Aerodrome in Scone and had been flying to Glen Forsa on the Isle of Mull with three other microlight aircraft. Mr Martin, 63, who was piloting the craft, and his passenger, 62-year-old Mr McCaskie ...

A total of 1,500 German adults responded to the poll which was conducted by the country’s Forsa Institute for Social Research and Statistical Analysis via phone, April 22-24, 2012. The results were made public on May 1, 2012. The respondents were asked ...

Angela Dorothea Merkel, ; née Kasner (born 17 July 1954) is the Chancellor of Germany and Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany. A physical chemist by professional background ...