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The leader of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz rejected an idea of ​​a joint appearance with the Christian Social Union (CSU) in the parliamentary elections in Germany, BTA reported, referring to DPA.

Merz made the move after Germany passed an electoral reform last week that introduced strict adherence to the 5 percent threshold rule for entering parliament.

It is assumed that the reform will harm smaller parties, such as the CSU, which will henceforth find it more difficult to send their representatives to parliament.

In addition, the reform envisages a reduction in the number of people's representatives from 736 to 630. In order to calm the discontent with the electoral reform of the CSU and its CDU allies, the German government proposed a legislative change that would allow the two forces to run with general list of the next elections.  

The German parliament has approved an important reform to reduce the number of deputies in the Bundestag

However, CDU leader Friedrich Merz rejected this idea, arguing that the CDU and the CSU are two separate parties, even though they are allied.

"The proposal for a joint list is useless, as it is a proposal to solve a problem that was created by the government itself. The CDU and the CSU are allied parties, but they are independent of each other and have simply decided to contest the elections in different geographical areas, not to compete with each other. This will remain the case, no matter what the other political parties think," Merz told Welt am Sonntag.

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