It is still unclear who the CDU and CSU will send as candidates for chancellor in the 2025 federal election. Free Voters leader Hubert Aiwanger has now made positive comments about Söder's possible candidacy for chancellor.
The party leaders clashed again and again last year. Aiwangers' positive statement is a sign towards Bavarian peace, says Markus SÖder, who is planning the coming years as prime minister in his home country. The tense relationship in the so-called Bavarian coalition had recently jeopardized their ability to act politically, says SöDer. The Union wants to make the decision in the fall after the state elections in Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia, he says.. S� Öder lost to Armin Laschet in the internal Union power struggle before the last federal election in 2021, writes Markus S Öder. He recently explained on the ARD program “Caren Miosga” that his place would be in Bavaria rather than in the Bundestag.