Support for Merkel's party falls further in poll, Greens closing in

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel removes her protective mask to make a statement following talks via video conference with Germany's state premiers, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany March 24, 2021. Stefanie Loos/Pool via REUTERS

BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has fallen further, a poll released on Sunday indicated, with the ecologist Greens closing in to just two points behind them ahead of a national election September.

With popular frustration growing over Merkel's government's management of the coronavirus pandemic, support for Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian CSU sister party - together dubbed the ‘Union’ - dropped to 25%, the Kantar poll showed.