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Söder concedes CDU/CSU chancellor candidacy to Laschet

On 20 April 2021 Markus Söder accepted Armin Laschet as the joint CDU/CSU candidate for chancellor after the CDU board backed Laschet.

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On 20 April 2021 Markus Söder accepted Armin Laschet as the joint CDU/CSU candidate for chancellor after the CDU board backed Laschet. The two, premiers of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's two most populous states, had competed for the nomination of the sister parties.

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  • Markus Söder

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    Söder concedes CDU/CSU chancellor candidacy to Laschet. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.dw.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: der+laschet · verified
  2. 2.politico.euchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: der+laschet · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Söder concedes CDU/CSU chancellor candidacy to Laschet. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/soder-loses-chancellor-candidacy-2021-04-20

https://factrail.ai/facts/soder-loses-chancellor-candidacy-2021-04-20

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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