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This comes after two party rivals withdrew from the leadership race. The CSU is the sister party to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats. The current premier, Gьnther Beckstein, and the CSU chairman Erwin Huber, both stepped down last week after the party suffered its worst result at the polls in half a century. The CSU lost its absolute majority in the legislature and will now have to govern with a coalition partner.
(Deutsche Welle)
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