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| German CSU leader Soeder hoping to succeed Chancellor Merkel says candidacy bid is up to CDU sister party | German CSU leader Soeder hoping to succeed Chancellor Merkel says candidacy bid is up to CDU sister party |
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| The leader of Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Soeder, has said his intention to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor is really a matter for the wider Christian Democratic party (CDU) to decide upon. | The leader of Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Soeder, has said his intention to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor is really a matter for the wider Christian Democratic party (CDU) to decide upon. |
| “Where and how, the CDU decides alone,” he told a news conference in Munich on Monday. | “Where and how, the CDU decides alone,” he told a news conference in Munich on Monday. |
| The leadership hopeful said he would continue with his bid for chancellor as long as he is backed by a “large majority” of the CDU, the Bavarian CSU’s larger sister party. Soeder said he was “excited” about the prospect of leading the conservative coalition’s election campaign. | The leadership hopeful said he would continue with his bid for chancellor as long as he is backed by a “large majority” of the CDU, the Bavarian CSU’s larger sister party. Soeder said he was “excited” about the prospect of leading the conservative coalition’s election campaign. |
| He revealed he had declined an offer from his chancellorship rival, CDU leader Armin Laschet, to attend a federal board meeting of the party because he did not want to “interfere” in the selection assessment. | He revealed he had declined an offer from his chancellorship rival, CDU leader Armin Laschet, to attend a federal board meeting of the party because he did not want to “interfere” in the selection assessment. |
| Soeder maintained he had had several “good, friendly” conversations with Laschet, saying his rival would have the CSU’s “full support” if successful in his bid for Germany’s top job. | Soeder maintained he had had several “good, friendly” conversations with Laschet, saying his rival would have the CSU’s “full support” if successful in his bid for Germany’s top job. |
| Earlier on Monday, Laschet invited Soeder to the top-level meeting in an attempt to see off his rival’s attempt to lead the center-right bloc into the September elections. Laschet said he intended to use the meeting of top CDU officials to break the deadlock. | Earlier on Monday, Laschet invited Soeder to the top-level meeting in an attempt to see off his rival’s attempt to lead the center-right bloc into the September elections. Laschet said he intended to use the meeting of top CDU officials to break the deadlock. |
| “The goal is to win this election, and that will only be possible with a great deal of unity and a single candidate,” he told reporters in Berlin. | “The goal is to win this election, and that will only be possible with a great deal of unity and a single candidate,” he told reporters in Berlin. |
| If Soeder does clinch the nomination, it would mark an unusual turn for the CDU-CSU alliance, in which the leader of the larger party is usually assumed to be the candidate to become chancellor. | If Soeder does clinch the nomination, it would mark an unusual turn for the CDU-CSU alliance, in which the leader of the larger party is usually assumed to be the candidate to become chancellor. |
| On Monday, Germany’s Green Party also fielded its first-ever candidate for chancellor as it launched the campaign of Annalena Baerbock. | On Monday, Germany’s Green Party also fielded its first-ever candidate for chancellor as it launched the campaign of Annalena Baerbock. |
| The left-leaning party is poised to make huge inroads at the next election, according to the most recent polling, taking 22% of the vote – second to the CDU-CSU bloc, on 29%. | The left-leaning party is poised to make huge inroads at the next election, according to the most recent polling, taking 22% of the vote – second to the CDU-CSU bloc, on 29%. |
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