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"Crisscrossing Nuremberg": Why Markus Söder no longer jogs: Nuremberg - | Why CSU leader Markus Söder prefers black pudding to salad and which sports he prefers ...
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No “runner's high”: Söder switches from jogging to eating blood sausage: During a conversation in Nagold, Markus Söder talked about his new sporting habits.
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No “runner's high”: Söder switches from jogging to eating blood sausage
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Markus Söder on a brief visit: Manuel Hagel extends an invitation to Nagold: High-ranking visitor from the neighboring state: To kick off the CDU ...
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Markus Söder on a brief visit: Manuel Hagel extends an invitation to ...
Söder and Hagel: A humorous chat about food and migration: The leading candidate of the Baden-Württemberg CDU, Manuel Hagel, meets Markus Söder. First ...
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Söder and Hagel: A humorous chat about food and migration
“Running around pointlessly”: Why Markus Söder no longer jogs: CSU leader Markus Söder reveals his sporting habits and culinary preferences ...
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“Running around pointlessly”: Why Markus Söder no longer jogs
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Mar 17, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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  • Following the Baden-Württemberg state election, Cem Özdemir ranks high in nationwide politician popularity surveys.

  • He gained 4.4 points, surpassing Markus Söder and Hendrik Wüst who each received 4.2 points.

  • SPD Defense Minister Boris Pistorius remains the most popular politician with 5.2 points.

  • Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz dropped from 15th to 18th place, while SPD leader Lars Klingbeil rose to fifth.
“We want more”: What’s behind the “Three Lions Alliance”: Markus Söder (right, CSU), Minister-President of Bavaria, Manuel Hagel, top candidate of the CDU in ...
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“We want more”: What’s behind the “Three Lions Alliance”
CDU decides on social media ban for children, but no real name requirement: At its party conference in Stuttgart, the CDU decided that young people can only use ...
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CDU decides on social media ban for children, but no real name requirement
"Double standards": Söder, Hagel, and the minimum age for public office: In Bavaria, the CSU is sticking to the minimum age of 40 for state premiers: A country ...
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CDU top candidate – Manuel Hagel receives “Golden Fool's Bell”: A few weeks before the state election, CDU top candidate Manuel Hagel receives the “Golden Fool's ...
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CDU top candidate – Manuel Hagel receives “Golden Fool's Bell”
CDU lead candidate makes wild Söder comparison: "In a league with Merkel": Manuel Hagel wants to become the new Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg ...
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CDU lead candidate makes wild Söder comparison:
Key FactsHagel’s Vision for Baden-Württemberg’s Economy and Society
Feb 3, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: merkur.de
  • Manuel Hagel seeks to become minister-president by implementing education reforms and innovation policies to restore Baden-Württemberg’s leading economic status.

  • He calls for ending the green movement’s opposition to cars and supports maintaining combustion engine technology to protect thousands of jobs.

  • Hagel intends to create special economic zones and boost growth sectors like AI, robotics, and cancer research to drive development.

  • He advocates reconnecting AfD supporters to the political center through dialogue while exposing the harmful consequences of AfD policies.
  • For AfD voters, we do not need a firewall, but a golden bridge back to the societal center.
    — Manuel Hagel, CDU's top candidate for the state election in Baden-Württemberg, in an interview about how to engage with AfD voters.
The rich federal states want even more: The three Union politicians want to overturn the federal state financial equalization system ...
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The rich federal states want even more
Minimum age in Bavaria - Only ready to govern at 40?: CSU leader Söder is supporting CDU leader Manuel Hagel (37) in the election campaign. However ...
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Minimum age in Bavaria - Only ready to govern at 40?
Key FactsControversy Over Bavaria Premier’s Age Requirement
Jan 21, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
  • CSU leader Markus Söder supports CDU chairman Manuel Hagel, aged 37, while the CSU insists on a 40-year minimum age for premiers.

  • Bavaria has maintained a 40-year age threshold for the premier position, whereas neighboring Baden-Württemberg requires a minimum age of 35.

  • CDU Secretary General Tobias Vogt highlights Hagel’s 20 years in local politics and a decade in state politics.

  • The CSU rejected a constitutional amendment, stressing that the premier role demands maturity, dignity, and responsibility, not a stepping stone for young politicians.
  • Never again should political power be granted without maturity.
    — Alexander Dietrich, during the poster presentation supporting Manuel Hagel by the CSU.
Elections in Baden-Württemberg: Özdemir is warming up - | Söder faces potential trouble
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The Greens have only one chance left: all for one. | ​​: At the state party conference in Ludwigsburg, the party unanimously backed its lead candidate ...
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The Greens have only one chance left: all for one. | ​​
Söder rocks CDU party conference: Second day of the Southwest CDU state party conference in Heidelberg. Markus Söder takes the stage. Söder (CSU) ...
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Söder's support for the Southwest CDU: The Southwest CDU adopted its election and government program at the state party conference in Heidelberg ...
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Söder's support for the Southwest CDU
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Southwest CDU wants to stop combustion engine ban: The CDU in Baden-Württemberg wants to overturn the EU's decision to phase out combustion engines from 2035 ...
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Southwest CDU wants to stop combustion engine ban
"The number 1 drive for decades to come": The mood in the CDU is shifting against the phase-out of combustion engines
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For Markus Söder it's again about the chancellor question.: Actually, a joint event between the Southwest CDU and CSU was supposed to be about a political ...
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For Markus Söder it's again about the chancellor question.
Bavarian prime minister in Fellbach - Söder swears in the southern railways: Markus Söder is making himself popular as a guest speaker at the annual reception of ...
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Bavarian prime minister in Fellbach - Söder swears in the southern ...