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In the CDU, there is growing pressure on Federal Chairman Armin Laschet to clear the way for CSU boss Markus Söder to run for chancellor.

In the CDU parliamentary circles of the five northerners, it was heard on Sunday, according to WELT information, that Laschet had hardly any supporters among their parliamentarians in the Bundestag.

This is the result of an informal query among MPs.

This could have formed a powerful coastal alliance that Söder supports.

“On the coast, Markus Söder electrifies our base.

When it comes to the upcoming decision in the parliamentary group, the vast majority of MPs know that it is the right and necessary decision, ”said Oliver Grundmann (CDU), head of the coastal parliamentarians of the Union parliamentary group and supporter of Söder as candidate for chancellor.

"The clock is ticking incessantly."

Grundmann announced: If a decision is not made “very soon” before Tuesday, the “historic decision of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group of 1979 will be repeated”.

At that time, the Union parliamentary group decided on the CDU / CSU's candidate for chancellor.

At that time, a majority voted in favor of Franz Josef Strauss (CSU);

CDU politician Ernst Albrecht was defeated against him.

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The Hamburg CDU member of the Bundestag Christoph de Vries told WELT: “Of course, the federal board of the CDU is authorized to make a candidate proposal.

But the question arises as to the authority of the decision if the vote of its members is not supported by a large majority of the respective national associations. "

De Vries demands: "If the party presidium does not want a vote in the Bundestag faction at all, it should bring about a decision through a joint circle of CDU and CSU district chairmen." that both candidates would then have to accept.

"Such a round could vote digitally, quickly and easily."

The parliamentary group leadership could hardly refuse to vote

Lists of supporters are currently being collected from the CDU MPs who want to force a vote in the Bundestag faction if an agreement between Laschet and Söder fails on Monday.

According to a Christian Democratic MP who is involved in the rally, the required number of more than 100 votes has already been reached, as he told WELT.

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The Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag has 200 members from the CDU and 45 from the CSU;

the latter are overwhelmingly in favor of a vote anyway.

If neither of the two opponents renounces the candidacy by Monday, a request for a picture of the mood would probably be made in the parliamentary group meeting on Tuesday.

The parliamentary group leadership could hardly refuse this if a majority of the MPs so demand.

Such a vote, in turn, would certainly go in favor of Söder.

However, even this would not be a binding decision, as a CDU MP emphasized in an interview with WELT: "Even if we vote in the parliamentary group on Tuesday 70:30 pro Söder, that does not mean that Laschet accepts that." The federal executive board and parliamentary group leadership "actively counteract the formation of a democratic will".

The Union is just beginning to feel that there is no binding procedure to determine a candidate for Chancellor, if the CDU and CSU each hold on to their preferred candidate.

What is remarkable about the dispute is that the Söder supporters argue almost exclusively with the significantly better survey results of the Bavarian Prime Minister - and give few substantive reasons for their preference.

"Very clear development, very clearly towards Söder"

Carsten Körber, member of the Bundestag for the CDU, calls for a quick decision on the question of the candidate for chancellor.

He sees a clear tendency towards Markus Söder.

Source: WORLD

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A deputy told WELT that some Söder supporters in the CDU “hide” behind the polls argument: If they substantively justify their rejection of Laschet, they would have to fear even greater displeasure from the “party establishment”.

Roughly summarized, one can say that the majority of the supporters of the CSU boss in the CDU are MPs who stand for classic Union positions, for example in finance, immigration or European politics.

The proponents of Angela Merkel's (CDU) course tend more towards Laschet.

If the current polls are to be believed, the power struggle does not cost the Union any votes.

According to a Kantar survey for “Bild am Sonntag”, the CDU and CSU were even able to gain two percentage points this week and now come to 29 percent.

In the Union circulated on Sunday the unconfirmed information from Laschet supporters that they would bring about a special meeting of the CDU board with a formal decision for the party chairman on Monday morning;

the previous decision in favor of Laschet was informal.

There were also shrill tones in the dispute at the weekend: For example, the EU parliamentarian Dennis Radtke of the NRW CDU threatened the expansion of the CDU to Bavaria if the CSU did not give in in the fight for the candidacy for chancellor.