Frank-Walter Steinmeier would take over the largely ceremonial role as
head of state from Joachim Gauck, whose five-year term ends in February 2017
German news agency DPA reported on Monday that Chancellor Angela
Merkel’s conservative Union bloc would back Mr. Steinmeier’s nomination
for the post.
Together with the votes of Frank Walter Steinmeier’s own center-left Social
Democratic Party, the 60-year-old political veteran would likely have
enough support to win a vote among the 1,260 delegates who elect
Germany’s next president on February 12,2017
Social Democratic Party leader Sigmar Gabriel told reporters on Monday
that Mr. Steinmeier had earned widespread respect and the necessary
trust required to fill the post.
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