Edmund Stoiber (L), Bavarian state Prime minister and chairman of
Bavaria's Christian Social Union party (CSU) jokes together with CSU
parliamentary floor leader Michael Glos prior to the second day of a
CSU board meeting in the southern Bavarian resort of Wildbad Kreuth
January 8, 2002. Edmund Stoiber and Angela Merkel, the leader of the
conservative Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) strive for cordial
agreement over chancellor candidacy at the general election on
September 22, if talks remain without resolution the CDU/CSU group in
parliament must decide. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

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