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Berlin (dpa) - In view of the current weakness of the Union, there is growing pressure in the CDU for an early decision on the candidacy for chancellor.

The party chairmen Armin Laschet (CDU) and Markus Söder (CSU), who are considered competitors, originally agreed on a period between Easter and Pentecost - that is, up to six weeks;

in the meantime, Laschet is also pressing for a very quick clarification.

The CDU politician Friedrich Merz and the head of the campaigning CDU in Saxony-Anhalt, Swen Schulze, as well as Union faction leader Ralph Brinkhaus, demanded more speed.

Merz, who spoke out in favor of Laschet in the “Westfälischer Anzeiger” and “Sauerlandkurier” (Saturday), said in the same interview: “I hope that the question of the candidate for chancellor will be decided in the next few days.

It has nothing to do with Easter or Pentecost.

What do we want to wait for?

To the resurrection - from whom?

On the Holy Spirit - for whom?

It is time."

The Sachsen-Anhaltiner Schulze said in «Spiegel»: «The K-question has to be clarified in the next two weeks.

We need quick clarity for the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. "

There will be elections on June 6th.

However, he did not commit to one of the opponents.

“It is important to us to deal with the specific challenges facing East Germany.

Laschet had recently shown greater interest, and Markus Söder should do the same.

He is invited to speak to us at any time. "

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Brinkhaus had already been quoted by the newspapers of the Funke media group (Saturday): "The decision as to who will run for the Union as candidate for chancellor should, in my opinion, be made in the next two weeks."

On this Sunday, Laschet and Söder are doing a kind of show run in front of the Union faction leaders: At a closed meeting they want to go under the motto "How do we shape the future?"

discuss with the MPs.

In the CDU and CSU it was considered rather unlikely that a decision could then be announced.

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