BERLIN, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- A majority of voters in Germany, 56 percent, did not believe that Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer would become the party's candidate for the Chancellery at the next national elections, according to a Politbarometer survey published by German public broadcaster ZDF on Friday.
The survey showed that only 36 percent of Germans believed that Kramp-Karrenbauer, who succeeded German Chancellor Angela Merkel as CDU party leader one year ago, would become the conservative union's candidate for the next parliamentary election in 2021.
Only 18 percent of Germans believed that she would "successfully lead the CDU into the future."
Kramp-Karrenbauer was often referred to in German media as AKK, the abbreviation of her name, and was often seen as a hand-picked successor of Merkel.
During the past months, Kramp-Karrenbauer was often criticized for her political style, even by her own party. For this reason, Kramp-Karrenbauer openly challenged her critics during a CDU party conference last week.
However, the survey found that 47 percent of Germans believed that the CDU party conference had "not changed much" with regards to the political career of Kramp-Karrenbauer.
If there were national elections in Germany next Sunday, The CDU/CSU would still get 27 percent of votes, followed by the Green party with 23 percent which gained one point and is at a historic all-time high.
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) which has long lost the status of a large people's party in Germany would only get 13 percent, while the populist right-wing party AfD would win 14 percent. The Left party would obtain 10 percent and Free Democratic Party (FDP) seven percent.
The results of the survey, for which 1,340 German voters had been interviewed, indicated that a coalition of CDU/CSU and Greens would continue to be the only two-party alliance with a potential majority.
