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Ilse Aigner: Merz wants to propose Aigner as Federal President translated from German

Original: Ilse Aigner: Merz will Aigner als Bundespräsidentin vorschlagen

Photo: Oberpfalz-Medien (onetz)

What happened

The chancellor did not want to commit himself to Ilse Aigner as a federal president candidate.1 Former Prime Minister Seehofer once persuaded party friend Ilse Aigner to move from Berlin to Munich.2

Details

On Instagram, Ilse Aigner looks back on eight years as President of the Bavarian Parliament.3

Allgäuer Zeitung ·
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Oberpfalz-Medien (onetz), Welt

Merz "was once again disengaged an important personnel procedure," he told the Cologne City Gazette on Saturday.4

stern ·
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Der Spiegel

While the CSU is already celebrating and the SPD is signaling broad support, the AfD is raising doubts.5

BR24 (Bayerischer Rundfunk) ·

Roderich Kiesewetter now bursts his collar in the ZDF broadcast "Markus Lanz" .6

Westfalenpost ·

Angela Merkel, Katja Riemann, Hartmut Engler and many more: These celebrities are to elect the new Federal President in 2027 at the Federal Assembly.7

Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung ·

The candidacy of Bavaria's state parliament president as head of state is unlikely to stand in the way.8

Der Tagesspiegel ·

Das unionsinterne Verfahren zur Nominierung eines Kandidaten für die Wahl des Bundespräsidenten stößt auf Kritik.9

t-online ·

CSU-Chef Markus Söder erhofft sich davon mehr Einfluss Bayerns in Berlin.10

Süddeutsche Zeitung ·

Reactions

In der Debatte um das Bundespräsidentenamt hat Bundestagsvizepräsident Omid Nouripour (Grüne) das Verhalten von Kanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) kritisiert.4