Follow-Up: Germany's CDU Formally Nominates Aigner for President as the SPD Backs Her the Same Day
BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced in Berlin on November 9 that the federal executive committee of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) had accepted his proposal to formally nominate Ilse Aigner as its candidate for federal president, and the presidium of the coalition partner Social Democratic Party (SPD) declared its support the same morning.
Aigner, 61, is a member of the CDU's Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), serves as president of the Bavarian state parliament, and is a former federal minister of food, agriculture and consumer protection. The CDU, CSU and SPD together hold a majority in the Federal Convention that elects the president, and she is widely expected to win the election on January 30, 2027. If elected, she would become Germany's first female president and the first CSU politician to hold the office, succeeding Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose term ends in March 2027.
The CSU had put Aigner's name forward earlier this year, but the CDU held back its endorsement while Merz considered alternatives, straining relations between the sister parties. German media reported on November 6 that the CDU had agreed to back her, and the formal party procedure was completed on November 9.
(Source: Reuters)
Source: Reuters
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