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Berlin (dpa) - In the fight for the Union's candidacy for chancellor, the CDU presidium will stand behind party leader Armin Laschet, according to Saarland's Prime Minister Tobias Hans.
That was "clear", said the CDU politician before the beginning of the presidium meeting on Monday in Berlin.
But that is not the question at all.
“We are discussing how we should approach the question of being a candidate for chancellor and how we should use the opportunities for our country in the 1920s.
It's about the country above all. "
On Sunday, in addition to the CDU chairman Armin Laschet, CSU leader Markus Söder also declared his willingness to run as the Union's candidate for chancellor.
However, he made this dependent on the support of the CDU.
Hans contradicted the impression that it was about a "showdown".
"The fact that there are two highly successful party leaders and prime ministers who are highly respected at the grassroots level and who are available to take the fate of the Federal Republic into their own hands is an opportunity."
Therefore, the presidium was “not a crisis meeting” for him, emphasized the CDU politician.
«We shouldn't be too tense.
It's an opportunity session.
We are discussing with our chairman how we can regulate this so that in the end, above all, the Union stays together and we remain a team. "
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