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CDU politician Merz (archive image)
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According to his own statement, Friedrich Merz actually wanted to prevent an "open field battle" over the candidacy for the Bundestag mandate for the Hochsauerlandkreis.
Now it could come to that: two CDU city associations have nominated the politician according to media reports.
The number of possible CDU candidates for the mandate increases to three.
Patrick Sensburg is currently a CDU member of the Bundestag for the Hochsauerlandkreis.
The interior expert and President of the Bundeswehr Reservists Association wants to hold on to his candidacy, which was declared in January.
Of course, he will also take part in a fight vote, said Sensburg.
In addition, according to "Westfalenpost", the Mesched city association nominated the 35-year-old politician Bernd Schulte for the federal election campaign at the weekend.
As reported by the "Westfalenpost" and ntv, among others, the city associations of Arnsberg and Sundern voted for Merz's candidacy in separate sessions on Monday evening.
According to the dpa news agency, Merz wants to comment on the possible Bundestag candidacy in the coming days.
He was "not averse," said the former chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group last.
According to dpa, the CDU district association Hochsauerland announced a committee meeting for Wednesday (March 3), which will deal with the procedure for listing the Bundestag candidate.
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