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Succession of the Federal President: Ilse Aigner or Ines Claus – Merz patzt

Federal Chancellor Merz and Federal President Steinmeier are both starting trips to Asia for several days.

Original: Nachfolge des Bundespräsidenten: Ilse Aigner oder Ines Claus – Merz patzt

Politics 21 independent outlets · 189 articles translated from German

What happened

Behind the scenes, a new name comes from Hesse.

What outlets write

  1. Delmenhorster Kreisblatt 28 October, 09:47 and 1 more outlet
    «Markus Söder presides with Ilse Aigner, the SPD agrees – but Friedrich Merz insists on the right to propose the CDU»
  2. Welt 27 October, 20:00
    «In addition to Ilse Aigner, Julia Klöckner, Karin Prien and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer are also known»
  3. tagesschau (ARD-aktuell) 26 October, 04:32 and 4 more outlets
    «Chancellor Merz is visiting Singapore, Japan and South Korea from today - and should try to develop partnerships to reduce dependence on China»
  4. Handelsblatt 27 October, 13:04
    «Three countries, one goal: the Chancellor is looking for new alliances in a world that is increasingly becoming the game of individual major powers»
  5. Welt 27 October, 20:00
    «In the Union, the list of potential candidates for the highest state office is growing»
  6. stern 28 October, 06:15
    «The Greens' top politician Nouripour is not very enthusiastic»

Who reports

21 independent outlets · 189 articles

public tagesschau (ARD-aktuell) Deutschlandfunk Deutsche Welle (English)
commercial stern Die Zeit / Zeit Online Der Spiegel ntv Der Tagesspiegel Welt t-online Handelsblatt Allgäuer Zeitung Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung Süddeutsche Zeitung Wilhelmshavener Zeitung
non-profit Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung