German left-of-centre majority edges ahead as Merkel prospects dim - poll

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a presentation of a newly designed 2-Euro coin at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany February 10, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - Three left-leaning German parties would now win enough combined support to oust Chancellor Angela Merkel in September's election, according to an opinion poll by the INSA institute to be published in Bild newspaper on Tuesday.

The newspaper said in advance of the report that it was the first time "in a long time" that a left-of-centre coalition would have enough support to knock the Christian Democrats out of office.