Merz's Party Backs Former Minister Ilse Aigner for German President, Media Reports Say
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Merz's party backs former minister Ilse Aigner for German president, media reports say
BERLIN, Nov 6 - Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU) have agreed to back Ilse Aigner from the Bavarian Christian Social Union for the office of German president, German media said on Friday, after weeks of tension between the two sister parties. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The German Union and the SPD have agreed on whom they would like to propose for the office of Federal President. The election has fallen on the Bavarian state parliament president Ilse Aigner. She would be the first woman in the office.
Many can agree on Ilse Aigner as a candidate for the Steinmeier succession, and yet the chancellor again looks like a driver. How this could happen.
The CSU has been for her for a long time. Now there is also agreement in the CDU leadership that Aigner should become Federal President. Even though the chancellor has not yet made a public statement about this.In the CDU leadership there is agreement that the CSU politician and Bavarian state parliament president Ilse Aigner should become Federal President. According to information from the German press agency from several high-ranking sources …
In the CDU leadership there is agreement that the CSU politician and Bavarian state parliament president Ilse Aigner will become Federal President. The German Press Agency learned this from several high-ranking sources of the Union.
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