President Steinmeier invokes the Weimar Republic as a warning to his people - deliberately misremembering history to shut those people up. Unlike in countries such as Russia, the US, or France, the German presidency is not a powerful office. At least not in terms of what it can do directly or independently. Instead, Germany's president is a largely representative figure, while real power to lead national policy belongs to the chancellor. Yet the…
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