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CSU boss Markus Söder also wants to include Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) in the decision on the Union's candidate for chancellor.
The Bavarian Prime Minister told the newspaper "Bild am Sonntag" that the decision should be closely coordinated with Angela Merkel.
“Because it has to be a joint election campaign with the Federal Chancellor.
A Union candidate can hardly be successful without the support of Angela Merkel. "
For the decision, surveys are an important yardstick, stressed Söder.
Before the decision on the Union's candidacy for chancellor, Söder is still well ahead of CDU boss Armin Laschet in the popular favor.
According to the latest ARD Germany trend by infratest dimap, 54 percent of those surveyed are of the opinion that Söder would be a good candidate for chancellor, which is three percentage points more than in mid-March.
In the case of Laschet, on the other hand, only 19 percent are of this opinion (minus three percentage points).
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At the same time, the Union's downward trend is continuing.
If the general election were on this Sunday, the CDU / CSU would only come to 27 percent according to the survey (minus six points compared to the previous month).
The SPD reached an unchanged 16 percent.
The Greens added two points and scored 22 percent.
The FDP ends up with two percentage points more at nine percent.
AfD and left remain unchanged at eleven and seven percent respectively.
Laschet is doing a great job as Prime Minister of the largest state of North Rhine-Westphalia, said Söder.
"It's not about the question of two people and their personal ambitions, but about the future of the Union and the entire country."
Söder wants a short, hard lockdown
In the interview, Söder also spoke out in favor of a short, hard lockdown.
"We should consider whether another short but consistent lockdown would not be the better way than a half-hearted and endless corona concept that has not really reduced the number of new infections," he said.
"Better to be short and consistent than long back and forth."