Söder declares renewed candidacy for chancellor "extremely unlikely"

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Söder as Chancellor candidate in 2025?

"Extremely unlikely".

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CSU boss Markus Söder does not want to try again for the Union's candidacy for chancellor in four years.

At least he thinks that is "extremely unlikely," said the Bavarian Prime Minister in the "Nürnberger Nachrichten".

Because either Armin Laschet will rule the next term of office or one will experience a very long term of office of a young Federal Chancellor Annalena Baerbock.

In the power struggle for the candidacy for chancellor for the federal election, CDU boss Armin Laschet prevailed after days of struggle.

In an interview with the newspaper in his hometown, Söder also made it clear that he wants to keep making himself heard: “You have to reckon with me in the future too.

In Bavaria as Prime Minister and in Berlin as party chairman. "

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Fatigue in the Union

"Five months before the election, the CDU is in a low poll, there are still Corona problems, and after 16 years you can already see signs of fatigue throughout the Union," Söder is also quoted as saying. In addition, there is an unresolved strategic question of how much modernity or how much tradition the Union should show. “Some want to go back to the time before Angela Merkel. We don't want that. We need a new beginning and a modern Union, ”emphasized Söder.

In the »Süddeutsche Zeitung« the Prime Minister warned: »I don't think it is wise to make a 'Helmut Kohl 2.0' policy out of the past after the progressive Merkel years.

That would be way too old-fashioned.

Nobody wants the old union from the 90s back.

We need a political New Deal instead of old school. ”Söder also pointed out the differences between him and the CDU leader.

"There is no personal break between us, but we have different understandings of democracy and program."

Söder distances himself from expected election slips

In the federal election in September, Söder expects the Union to achieve a result of more than 30 percent.

"It has to be a result that is well over 30 percent - closer to 35 percent," he said.

In the 2017 election, the sister parties together had achieved 32.9 percent.

He also called on the CDU boss: “We will do everything for a good Bavarian result, but of course the core responsibility always rests with the candidate for chancellor, also for the result in Bavaria.

Because today candidates draw the parties and not the other way around. "

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For Laschet as a candidate of the Union, the fact that he successfully ruled the large state of North Rhine-Westphalia and was a man of balance, said Söder. Out of responsibility for the Union, he himself accepted the vote of the CDU federal executive committee for Laschet. He was "more at peace with the result than parts of the CDU base." "But one thing is also clear: The decision was in the hands of the CDU, which also takes responsibility for the procedure and the result."

In the Nürnberger Nachrichten, Söder also warned the CDU not to ignore surveys.

After his life experience, surveys at least showed tendencies.

“One should pay attention to that.

The trend is your friend.

And the trend is now like this: The high corona advance has been used up.

And there are many who think that after 16 years it could work without the Union.

Anyone who underestimates all of this is acting unwise. "

sem / dpa