According to a just released ARG polls, popular support for the Chancellor has plunged by a whopping 12 points, with her approval rating crashing to just47%, and almost two-thirds of Germans unhappy with her refugee policy. This marked her second-lowest score since she was re-elected in 2013. In April last year, before the migrant crisis erupted she enjoyed backing of 75 percent. Meanwhile, approval for her "ally", who in recent weeks has voiced stark disagreement with the Chancellor over the future of German immigration policy, soared: support for Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer, rose 11 points to 44%.

Seehofer, who heads the Bavarian sister party to Merkel's CDU, said he may break with party unity and run a separate campaign in next year's German election. He's demanding a cap on the number of refugees allowed into the country after last year's number surpassed 1 million.