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Stuttgart (dpa) - Friedrich Merz failed in the race for the CDU chairmanship - the head of the conservative union of values, Alexander Mitsch, still considers him the right candidate for chancellor of the union.

In an interview with the German Press Agency on Monday, he pleaded for a team solution consisting of Armin Laschet as party leader and Merz as candidate for chancellor for the federal election.

Mitsch said he was shocked by the result of the federal party conference.

With their majority vote for Laschet, the functionaries there massively ignored the vote of the party base, he criticized.

Contrary to what has been said, the CDU is not closed.

"It's seething at the base."

He hears of massive resignations.

The conservative and economically liberal forces in the party should now be made concrete offers, said Mitsch.

He calls for a post in the federal cabinet for Merz.

Laschet had to make it clear to the Chancellor that Merz was important for the CDU and Germany.

Without Merz it will be very difficult for the CDU to win elections.

After his defeat, Merz had offered to elect the CDU chairman as Federal Minister of Economics.

The Union of Values ​​sees itself as a representative of the conservative current in the Union, but is not an official party division.

According to Mitsch, it has more than 4,000 members.

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