Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has fallen to its lowest since May 2013, hurt by grassroots concerns about the ability of her government to handle a record inflow of refugees, a poll showed on Sunday.
Germany, a favored destination for migrants, expects 800,000 to a million refugees to arrive this year. Many Germans feel the country cannot cope with the record influx.
Last week, Merkel faced calls from some of her own conservatives to tighten Germany's border controls and turn away refugees arriving from Austria - pressure she has resisted.
But popular concerns are eroding support for her conservatives, who saw their support slip by one percentage point to 37 percent in a weekly survey by Emnid. As recently as mid-September, the conservative bloc enjoyed 41-percent support.
"Merkel fights for her power," ran a headline in the Bild am Sonntag mass-selling weekly newspaper.
The chancellor has favored an open-door policy, which she has pursued with the catchphrase: "We can do this!" ...
"This!" apparently meaning demographically erasing Germany and Western civilization.
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