Chancellor Merz to nominate Aigner as Germany’s first woman president
Merz said Aigner could unite coalition partners and become Germany’s first female head of state, with the CDU/CSU and SPD holding a committee majority.
- On Friday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats agreed to back Ilse Aigner from the Bavarian Christian Social Union for German president, ending weeks of tension between the sister parties.
- The CSU proposed Aigner earlier this year, but the CDU delayed endorsing her while Merz considered alternative candidates, straining relations between the two parties.
- If elected by the Federal Convention, Aigner would become Germany's first female head of state, drawing on her experience as agriculture minister under former Chancellor Angela Merkel.
- Aigner has received strong verbal backing from members of the centre-left Social Democrats and the environmental Greens, suggesting a viable path to the presidency beyond her own coalition.
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Germany set to get 1st female president as governing parties unite around ex-minister
Germany is set to get its first female president after Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party nominated Ilse Aigner, a center-right politician with appeal to liberals, to become the country’s head of state next year
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"Democracy in Germany must be protected. Our political order is under pressure from the extremes (...). We need a presidency backed by a broad political spectrum. Ilse Aigner is the right candidate for that position": with these words Chancellor Friedrich Merz officially appointed the Speaker of the Bavarian Parliament, Ilse Aigner, as a candidate of the conservative bloc for the head of the state. "It is time for a woman to occupy, for the firs…
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has officially nominated Ilse Aigner, the president of the Bavarian state parliament, for the German presidency, sources tell the German news agency DPA. Aigner would become the first woman to hold the primarily ceremonial position.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to recommend Ilse Aigner (61), Chairwoman of the Bavarian State Parliament, as the next presidential candidate, dpa reported on the 9th (local time), citing officials from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The social coalition, a coalition government partner of the CDU and Christian Social Union (CSU),
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Germany set to get its 1st female president as governing parties unite around ex-minister
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is set to get its first female president after Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party nominated Ilse Aigner, a center-right politician with appeal to liberals, to become the country's head of state next year.
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