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Friedrich Merz is ready to get involved in the election campaign team of Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet (CDU).

"I'm looking forward to taking on responsibility for essential parts of economic and financial policy in the @ArminLaschet team," wrote the former Union parliamentary group leader on Twitter on Thursday evening.

He is happy that Laschet was ready to include him in his team.

"I'm happy to do that," said Merz in the CDU Economic Council's web talk.

Laschet had emphasized on Tuesday in a video link with the Baden-Württemberg CDU that Merz, with his economic and financial expertise, was a permanent part of a Union team for the federal election. With his economic and financial competence, he can help decisively to master the huge challenges for Germany after the corona pandemic.

According to several participants, Laschet said he was aware that there were many aspirants from North Rhine-Westphalia for higher positions in the federal government.

There are Merz, the foreign expert Norbert Röttgen, Union parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus and Health Minister Jens Spahn.

Everyone is: “Man, Catholic, North Rhine-Westphalia.” But the CDU needs more diversity.

“Nevertheless, the Friedrich Merz is a different category.” The 65-year-old economic expert could inspire people.

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Merz, who lost to Laschet in mid-January in the race for the CDU chairmanship, had supported the party leader in the contest for the Union chancellor candidacy against competitor Markus Söder (CSU).

His goal is to achieve 35 percent plus x in the federal election for the Union, said Merz.

"That is possible.

We have five months left.

But we have to make an effort. ”In the polls, the Union is currently below 30 percent.

In the 2017 federal election she had achieved 32.9 percent.

This is how Armin Laschet positions the Union in the election year

Armin Laschet started the election campaign with an attack on the Greens.

The party has "little to offer in terms of content," said Laschet in the "Süddeutsche Zeitung".

You can find out live here how the Union candidate for Chancellor expresses himself after meeting the presidium and board of the CDU.