To the 80th birthday of Edmund Stoiber have the heads of the CSU and CDU, Markus Söder and Armin Laschet, honored the lifetime achievement of the ex-CSU boss. “Edmund Stoiber is a cult. There can be no higher praise, ”said Söder on Friday evening at a festive reception by the CSU for the former Bavarian Prime Minister and current CSU honorary chairman in Munich. Stoiber was 80 years old on September 28th.
With a view to the current state of the Union, Stoiber emphasized he would like the CDU and CSU to always defend their common ground even in difficult times and not to drift apart let. Only together could the CDU and CSU be successful and become successful again. Stoiber appealed to Söder and Laschet that loyalty is important even in critical times and “it goes on and on. You both have to do your bit to keep the business together. “
Söder said of the coexistence of the CSU and CDU: “The relationship is timeless – timelessly exciting.” In the Union family, they are always closely connected, but both parties are not twins.