Bavaria’s Speaker Tipped to Become Germany’s First Woman President
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Bavaria’s speaker tipped to become Germany’s first woman president
Supporters see her consensual approach as an asset in an increasingly polarised country, where the far-right, anti-immigration and pro-Russian AfD party has reached record levels of popularity.
Bavarian politician Ilse Eigner is likely to become the next president of Germany - the first woman in this post in the history of the country. Two high-profile conservatives briefed on the situation spoke on the condition of anonymity, Politico writes. According to officials, the conservative bloc of German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz and the left-centrist Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) will promote Aigner to the post of Prime Minister…
Ilse Aigner, the current speaker of the Bavarian parliament, is expected to become the country's first female president.
The current president of the Bavarian parliament, Ilse Aigner (CSU), aged 61, could become the first woman president in Germany, according to close sources of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Her nomination is expected to be confirmed on Monday, at a meeting of the CDU leadership, Chancellor Friedrich Merz' party, reports AFP. Confirmation would make that ... The post Germany could have the first woman president. Who is "perfect candidate a…
"I have decided on one thing: it must be a woman," declared Chancellor Merz.
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