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=== Tensions in 2016–2021 ===

[[File:Angela Merkel mit Horst Seehofer 1738.jpg|thumb|The ''Munich scandal'' of November 2015: [[Horst Seehofer]], CSU leader and Bavarian minister-president, with CDU leader and chancellor [[Angela Merkel]], at the 2015 CSU party rally. At this occasion, Seehofer humiliated his guest by letting her stand next to him for minutes while he lamented her liberal politics with regard to refugees.<ref>Robert Birnbaum: [https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/horst-seehofer-gegen-angela-merkel-der-eklat-von-muenchen/12620372.html Der Eklat von München]. In: tagesspiegel, 20th November 2015, last seen 9th May 2022.</ref>]]

Under the chairmanship of [[Angela Merkel]] (2000–2018), the CDU left some right wing positions behind and shifted more to the political centre. Especially the [[2015 European migrant crisis|2015 refugee crisis]] divided the German population and caused conflict between the more liberal CDU and the more anti migrant party CSU.{{cn}}

Therefore, a federal CSU was discussed again among party members and journalists. For example conservative ''Welt'' columnist [[Ansgar Graw]] wrote in 2016 that CDU and CSU lost its stance as a [[Law and order (politics)|law and order]] party. As Merkel's CDU could not move to the right without losing credibility, Graw called the CSU to become a federal party, a right wing party that rigorously deports asylum seekers without right to stay.<ref>Ansgar Graw: ''Lasst die CSU bundesweit antreten! In: Welt Online.'' 16 October 2017, last seen 9 May 2022.</ref> On the contrary, former CSU leader [[Theo Waigel]] warned against a separate election campaign. In such a campaign, CDU and CSU would fight much more each other than the rest of the parties.<ref>''Waigel nennt bundesweite CSU "Katastrophe für die Union"''. In: Tagesspiegel. 12 May 2017, last seen 9 May 2022.</ref>