A good week before the general election, the Union's efforts to turn the trend in favor of voters have not yet borne fruit, according to the ZDF “Politbarometer”.

According to the survey published on Friday, the CDU / CSU remained at 22 percent, as in the two previous weeks.

The SPD was still in the lead with an unchanged 25 percent.

The Greens lost one percentage point to 16 percent.

Nothing moved with the other parties.

The FDP and AfD remained at eleven percent, the Left Party at six percent.

Other parties came to a total of nine percent, this was one percentage point more than a week ago.

This means that only a coalition of the SPD and the Union would have a narrow majority of the two-party alliances.

It would also be enough for a traffic light composed of SPD, Greens and FDP, for a government composed of CDU / CSU, Greens and FDP and for red-green-red.

However, according to the information, 38 percent of voters are still not sure who or whether they want to vote.

Laschet: I don't want a return ticket

When it comes to the question of suitability as a chancellor and the preference for one of the three candidates, SPD applicant Olaf Scholz is still well ahead of his competitors.

According to the “Politbarometer”, 67 percent trust him to take office.

Union candidate Armin Laschet, on the other hand, consider only 29 percent to be eligible for chancellor.

The Green candidate Annalena Baerbock is here at 26 percent.

Most of all, 48 percent would like to have Olaf Scholz as Chancellor.

Armin Laschet would like 22 percent (plus one) and Annalena Baerbock 15 percent (minus one).

The research group Wahlen interviewed 1406 randomly selected voters for the “Politbarometer” between 14 and 16 September by telephone.

The error range is between two and three percentage points.

Meanwhile, Armin Laschet wants to help shape the transition of a successor to the office of Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia after the federal election. As head of the NRW CDU, he wants to moderate the process, says Laschet of the Düsseldorf Rheinische Post according to a preliminary report. In the event of a defeat, the Chancellor candidate does not intend to return to his office as Prime Minister: "I always said: I don't want a return ticket and win the election." State elections are being prepared in May, said Laschet.

In the event of an election, Laschet wants to rapidly advance digitization in Germany. He sees three things as particularly important, said Laschet of the Rheinische Post. This includes the creation of a digital ministry "that pools competencies and measurably promotes digitization at all levels in our country". Second, a response to Afghanistan and the new threat situation is required. “This is one of the reasons why I want to create a national security council in the Chancellery that creates better networking of internal and external security concerns,” said the Union candidate for chancellor. “Thirdly, we have to speed up the approval process,” Laschet demanded.

The CDU chairman expressed the hope that a government could be formed quickly after the election: "Germany needs stability and a government quickly." This presupposes a basic trust of the people who then speak to each other. “During the exploration it must be noticeable: do we believe that we can do this together for four years? And if you have no human doubts about it, you get every problem solved. "