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political and public sphere – campaigned with their pragmatic economic
concept and presented the success of their economic policy. While the
CDU/CSU was increasingly identified with the economic recovery and
the improving economic conditions, the Union also fought more deeply
for the public acceptance of its economic model in the battle for a model
for post-war Germany, which was arguably not won in offices nor in
parliament but rather at the forefront of public opinion.
