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The path to the new head of state: the Federal President is elected

Ilse Aigner is to become new Federal President.

Original: Der Weg zum neuen Staatsoberhaupt: So wird der Bundespräsident gewählt

Politics 12 independent outlets · 44 articles translated from German
Photo: Die Zeit / Zeit Online
Bundesversammlung: Was Reinhold Würth die Wahl des Staatsoberhaupts bedeutet
Photo: Die Zeit / Zeit Online

What happened

About 170,000 people wanted Hape Kerkeling as a non-partisan candidate for the Federal President's election.

What outlets write

  1. stern 8 November, 04:00 and 1 more outlet
    «Federal President: Anyone who becomes the next head of state in Germany is still open»
  2. ntv 10 November, 15:34
    «Most of the people they know expect her to be a good head of state»
  3. stern 8 November, 04:00 and 1 more outlet
    «It is certain that Reinhold is allowed to vote for Würth»
  4. MDR aktuell (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk) 9 November, 03:00
    «The Buchenwald Memorial near Weimar commemorates people who were imprisoned in the concentration camp after 9 November 1938 with a new exhibition»
  5. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung 8 November, 15:00
    «The office of the Federal President is regarded by some as an indispensable anchor in times of political crises»
  6. Süddeutsche Zeitung 8 November, 16:48
    «Elevator bottlenecks and the fire brigade next door – as Bellevue Castle is being renovated for years, a new Federal President must move into a temporary agency»

Reactions

„Aigner wird Altparteien-Präsidentin“, sagt Sahra Wagenknecht.

Allgäuer Zeitung 8 November

Die Linke kritisiert die langwierige Kandidatensuche.

Allgäuer Zeitung 8 November

Über Ilse Aigner sagen fast alle nur Gutes.

Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung 9 November

Who reports

12 independent outlets · 44 articles

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