The preliminary decision on the list of CDU candidates from NRW for the European elections will be made at the weekend. Five male MEPs are worried about a promising place on the list and their professional future. NRW state leader Hendrik Wüst wants to use the zipper procedure. This means that three women and three men will be placed on each of the first six promising list positions. According to the quota decided by the CDU Bundestag party conference, two female candidates in the top six would be sufficient.