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Merz Says Next German President Should Be a Woman

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday said he wants a woman to become the next person to hold Germany's largely ceremonial presidency for the first time.

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Merz wants a woman as Federal President. What sounds like Female Empowerment really hurts the future incumbent, finds FOCUS online chief correspondent Ulrich Reitz.

·Berlin, Germany
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(Berlin=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Gye-yeon = German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that the new president to be elected next January must be a woman. The ... he leads

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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The CDU chairman Merz, succeeding Federal President Steinmeier, apparently decided to propose a woman for the Union in any case. Several news agencies cite participants in a conference at the CDU party headquarters: Merz stated there that it was necessary to become a woman.

·Germany
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Chancellor Merz decides: A woman becomes new head of state. For the CDU it is clear that the candidate will come from the Union. Secretary General Hoppermann sees many suitable women.

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The next federal president of Germany should be a woman. Chancellor and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union Friedrich Merz said this at a closed conference of the chairmen of the party's regional organizations in Berlin. According to publications by "Spiegel" and "Zeitung", citing various sources, Merz said that he would propose to the CDU a candidate who could gather support from the political center. "I have categorically decided that i…

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