Auch CDU legt sich offenbar auf Ilse Aigner als deutsche Bundespräsidentin fest
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The CDU and CSU will nominate Bavarian state parliament president Ilse Aigner as their candidate for German president, ARD's Berlin studio reported, citing its own information.
Her nomination is due to be announced on Monday; the CDU leadership and executive board are to take the formal decision that day.
Friedrich Merz, chancellor and CDU leader, is meeting the party's leadership for dinner on Sunday evening.
The Federal Assembly elects the new head of state on 30 January, when Frank-Walter Steinmeier leaves office after ten years.
Union and SPD hold a majority of about 50 votes there, and the AfD plans its own candidate, which is seen as hopeless.
If elected, Aigner, 61, would be the first woman in the office.
“She is a very down-to-earth politician who talks to people at eye level, and that is hugely important.”
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