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Berlin (dpa) - The deputy CDU chairwoman Julia Klöckner has called on the Union to unity in view of the latest statements by CSU boss Markus Söder.

«I think we stand together now.

The decision has been made and the Union is only strong together, ”she said on Monday before a hybrid meeting of the CDU presidium in Berlin when asked when the taunts from Munich stopped.

"Now it's about content," added Klöckner.

Söder had told the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" that the reasons for Laschet's candidacy for chancellor had not convinced him.

He and Laschet have a different understanding of democracy and program.

Söder told the Nürnberger Nachrichten that the Union was “in a serious emergency” five months before the election.

Corona problems remained, after 16 years of Angela Merkel's CDU chancellorship, one can already see "signs of fatigue in the whole Union".

In addition, there is an unresolved strategic question of how much modernity or how much tradition the Union should show.

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With a view to Annalena Baerbock's candidacy for chancellor with the Greens, Klöckner said that the Union had already demonstrated the candidate for chancellor of a woman with Merkel in 2005. In terms of content, it is now "extremely interesting to look at the Greens' program, including contradictions". The Union will attach importance to the fact that sustainability must always go together with the economy and the social question. «Ecology, economy, social question - that is our program. And we show that this is possible in Germany. "

Daniel Caspary, head of the CDU / CSU group in the European Parliament, said with a view to Söder: "I hope the prick will stop very soon."

The Union has a common candidate for Chancellor and should “do everything now to ensure that we win the Bundestag election in the interests of Germany and the interests of the Union”.

In view of Söder's remarks about a modern Union election campaign, he added: "We were not planning an election campaign from yesteryear."

The Union has put up a joint candidate for Chancellor.

One will «now work in both parties to ensure that we present ourselves to the electorate with a good, modern election campaign».

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