BERLIN, Mar 22 (Reuters) Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives was up 1 percentage point at 34 per cent, widening their lead over the Social Democrats (SPD) who were down one point at 31 per cent, a Forsa poll showed on Wednesday, with six months to go before a federal vote. The previous Forsa poll was a week ago. The poll also showed that in a theoretical direct vote for chancellor, Merkel would win 41 per cent of the vote, up 2 points from last week, and her SPD challenger Martin Schulz would get 33 per cent, down three points. The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) were unchanged on 9 per cent.

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