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Debate about chancellor candidacy: They are afraid of chaos in the CDU: Many of the CDU's powerful regional leaders have little use for Friedrich Merz ...
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CSU Party Convention in Munich: Merz Addresses Delegates: At the CSU party convention, Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on the Union to present a united front ...
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Söder wants her, Merz hesitates: Will this woman become Federal President?: Ilse Aigner (CSU), President of the Bavarian State Parliament, and Markus Söder (CSU) ...
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Markus Söder rages: “If we’re talking about firewalls, we actually need one on the left”
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“It’s about the existence of the Union”: The fear of relegation at the CDU and CSU
abendblatt.de/politik/article413444751/geht-um-die-existenz-der-union-die-angst-vorm-abstieg-bei-cdu-und-csu.html

CSU leader Söder demands a "firewall against the left" at the Young Union: The fact that the Left Party, the Greens, and the SPD have achieved a breakthrough in ...
tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/soeder-junge-union-102.html

Federal meeting of the Young Union: The new power of the not-so-wild: Between chancellor selection and a rediscovered fear of the left, the Young Union is ...
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Wüst and Winkel: Two Promising Candidates for a Future Without Merz: The Junge Union's Germany Day kicks off with a high-profile guest: Hendrik Wüst ...
n-tv.de/politik/Zwei-Hoffnungstraeger-fuer-eine-Zukunft-ohne-Merz-id31428189.html

Merz and Söder attack the red-green-red coalition in Berlin – a strain on the coalition
bluewin.ch/de/news/international/brandmauer-nach-links-merz-und-soeder-attackieren-rot-gruen-rot-li.3640091

With beer through the train station - | My test of the new alcohol ban: Cheers, train! Newsletter author Quoos during the station test
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Söder calls on CDU dissenters to leave: With an eye on the state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt, CSU leader Markus Söder has called on dissenters within the CDU/CSU ...
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AfD state parliament president: Söder contradicts the "false flag" theory: Were CDU members of parliament involved in electing the first AfD state parliament ...
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Paid articlePaywallUnion in crisis: There's unrest at the grassroots level: The CDU state premiers are backing Merz, but there is still great dissatisfaction in the state ...
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Hendrik Wüst and Daniel Günther - | the last Merkel supporters. Can they pose a threat to Merz and Söder?
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Support from Bavaria: Söder campaigns with Wüst ahead of local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia
fr.de/politik/wuest-vor-nrw-kommunalwahl-soeder-macht-wahlkampf-mit-zr-93916085.html

"Best wishes to Bavaria": How Wüst and Söder are jockeying for Merz's successor
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Paid articlePaywallFederal election 2025: Wüst contradicts Söder - | Rejection of black-green coalition "not smart"
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No smoking, no combustion engine ban: Merz presents part of his government priorities
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Could Wüst do it better? NRW Prime Minister keeps his candidacy for chancellor open
wa.de/nordrhein-westfalen/nrw-ministerpraesident-hendrik-wuest-kanzler-kandidatur-cdu-politik-interview-93126505.html

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