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Laschet (front) and Söder
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In front of the members of the Bundestag faction, CDU leader Armin Laschet attacked his rival Markus Söder.
It is not always popular if you keep your attitude instead of following the mainstream, said the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister, according to participants about the Bavarian head of government.
Laschet therefore appealed to the group for the unity and unity of the Union.
"We don't need a one-man show," he said.
Laschet warned that the SPD had been concerned with nothing more than its party leadership for months.
The Union will only get out of its low polls if you get better at fighting the pandemic, said the CDU leader.
He attacked Söder aggressively because of his proposal for a climate alliance together with the Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens).
This can be done at the state level.
But this is also dangerous.
"In the end, people vote for the Greens," warned Laschet.
"We have to set our topics."
Söder stated that the parliamentary group had an important role in the search for the CDU and CSU chancellor candidates.
"There is only one body that meets together and is perceived as a joint body," said Söder, according to information from participants on Tuesday at the meeting of the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
This is a question of respect and decency.
"For me it is a matter of course that members of parliament are heard and that's why I'm here today."
Söder emphasized that the Union must "do everything to be as strong as possible and to get as many members of the Bundestag as possible."
With a view to a possible election victory for the Greens, Söder said: “If you are a junior partner, you remain a junior partner.
And that cannot be our claim. "
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