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Markus Söder
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A little more than two weeks, then the people in Germany elect a new Bundestag.
And in the Sunday question that SPIEGEL asked together with Civey, 25 percent of those questioned were in favor of the SPD.
The Union only got 23 percent.
This continues a negative trend for the Christian Democratic parties.
And in the opinion of CSU boss Markus Söder, time is running out for a change in mood before the general election.
"If there is still a chance to break the trend, it will be this weekend," Söder told the dpa news agency in Munich.
The CSU wanted to initiate the turnaround "a bit" with its party congress on Friday and Saturday in Nuremberg.
Without addressing it directly, Söder should also include the second triall of the top candidates from Union, SPD and Greens on Sunday at ARD and ZDF at the weekend of the decision.
Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet (CDU) is expected in Nuremberg at the party congress on Saturday.
Söder: »It is not a question of style now.
We all have to bargain. "
Despite the poor poll results - the Union was most recently between 19 and 25 percent nationwide, the CSU in Bavaria only 28 percent - Söder still sees the chance to win the election and especially social issues in the foreground.
Many voters have already made up their minds
According to the SPIEGEL survey, around 77 percent of people made their decision a little more than two weeks before the election.
A good fifth of the electorate has not yet decided, however.
Comparative figures from the Civey Institute at the same point in time before the federal election four years ago are not available.
However, shortly before the 2017 election date, other pollsters had identified a significantly larger number of undecided voters.
According to an Allensbach survey about a month before the election, everyone at that time did not know who they wanted to vote for.
A week before the election, according to the Wahlen research group, around 40 percent of Germans were still undecided.
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