German Greens nominated climate activist Luisa Neubauer to the Federal Convention, which will meet in January to elect the federal president. The party's state organization in Lower Saxony also selected a human rights activist and an education researcher. Welt ↗
Neubauer is one of the prominent faces of the climate movement in Germany. Her nomination means she will take part in choosing the successor to current President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Other names of delegates are being announced gradually.
A possible candidacy by Ilse Aigner for the conservative Union also remains at the center of political attention. Aigner, a CSU politician, is mentioned as one of the possible successors to Steinmeier. However, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has not yet publicly expressed support for her. Spiegel.de ↗
Aigner said she would consider it "charming" if the Greens were more involved in selecting the candidate. The leader of the Greens' parliamentary group, Britta Haßelmann, described the way the candidate was chosen as "unwürdig," meaning undignified. Deutschlandfunk ↗
The Federal Convention consists of members of the Bundestag and an equal number of representatives from the federal states. The outcome of the vote will therefore be determined not only by the balance of power in parliament but also by the nominations of the state parliaments. No decision has yet been made on the Union's definitive candidate or on the extent of support for Aigner.
The Greens nominate Luisa Neubauer to the Federal Convention
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Luisa Neubauer stimmt bei Bundespräsidentenwahl mit ab – weitere Namen werden öffentlich
Welt
| 22:55 05.11.
Bundespräsidentinnenwahl - Aigner für stärkere Einbindung der Grünen bei Wahl in Bundesversammlung
Deutschlandfunk
| 10:21 05.11.
Britta Haßelmann: Grünenfraktionschefin nennt Bundespräsidentinnen-Kandidatinnenkür »unwürdig«
Spiegel.de
| 12:48 05.11.
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