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Berlin (dpa) - The CDU politician Friedrich Merz has spoken out against CSU boss Markus Söder in the internal Union struggle for the candidacy for chancellor.

"The CDU can actually not let the candidate for chancellor be taken," said the CDU politician to the "Westfälischer Anzeiger".

Despite the weak polls, the CDU chairman Armin Laschet continues to have good chances.

«Polls are a snapshot.

They are not suitable for a permanent, long-term strategic decision in terms of personnel policy. "

Merz had lost the fight for the CDU federal chairmanship against Armin Laschet in January.

Laschet and Söder want to decide together by Pentecost at the latest who will stand as candidate for chancellor in the federal election in September.

There is no exact date for the decision.

On Sunday there will be a closed meeting of the executive board of the parliamentary group.

It is expected that the exam could become a showcase for the two possible candidates for chancellor.

Neither Laschet nor Söder have officially registered a candidacy so far.

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A large group of CDU members in the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag demanded a say on Friday in deciding who will ultimately be the candidate for chancellor.

According to information from the dpa, around 50 MPs had joined a declaration in which it says: “As members of a self-confident CDU / CSU parliamentary group, we expect that before a definition of this scope is announced, in a cross-party parliamentary group meeting of the CDU and CSU about it discussed and, if in doubt, a decision is made there too. "

The call contradicts the previous plans of the party leaders to decide among themselves.

In the declaration that the dpa has received in Berlin, reference is made to the "outstanding importance for our local election campaign" which the decision on the joint candidate for chancellor of the CDU and CSU has.

The "Bild" newspaper also reported on it.

The initiative should also be a topic at the retreat of the executive board of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group on Sunday.

The former CSU leader Edmund Stoiber called for an amicable agreement between the sister parties - just as he did when he ran for the Bundestag election almost 20 years ago.

At breakfast in Wolfratshausen in January 2002, the then CDU chairman Angela Merkel had left the former CSU boss Stoiber to run for chancellor.

With a view to the possible union candidates today, the CDU chairman Armin Laschet and CSU boss Markus Söder, Stoiber told the “Münchner Merkur”: “It doesn't have to be breakfast”.

And at the same time emphasized: “But I advocate an amicable solution.

Alternatively, the parliamentary group would have to decide what would be more confrontational. "

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Söder was once Stoiber's general secretary.

In the interview, however, he avoided making a statement for Söder.

"Both have what it takes to be Chancellor."

He said of Laschet: "He succeeded in uniting the CDU."

Union faction leader Ralph Brinkhaus (CDU) told the newspapers of the Funke media group: "The decision as to who runs for the Union as candidate for chancellor should, in my opinion, be made in the next two weeks."

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