According to reports a poll on Thursday showed support for the christian democratic union was 22% and the social democratic party 23%. Reportedly the cdu which was formed in 1945 was the result of a merging of several parties and all ideologies. They were said to have remained in power until 1969 when a coalition of the social democratic party and the free democratic party came to power until 1982. They reportedly sought better relations with east Germany. They have since formed coalitions.
According to a report the spd were the strongest party in Germany before the nazi party came to power in 1933, they voted against new legislation that overruled individual rights and were banned. Criteria of the spd who are said to be pro-Europe and a member of the party of European socialists is said to the socially disadvantaged, the social needs of workers and the economy.