
Nach Informationen des SPIEGEL soll die CSU-Politikerin Ilse Aigner als Kandidatin der Union für das Amt der Bundespräsidentin nominiert werden, nachdem sich zuvor bereits prominente CDU-Politiker für sie ausgesprochen hatten.
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Die Suche nach einem Kandidaten für das Amt des Bundespräsidenten innerhalb der Union.
Zuletzt sprachen sich immer mehr prominente CDU-Politiker für die CSU-Politikerin Ilse Aigner als nächste Bundespräsidentin aus. Jetzt ist die Entscheidung offenbar gefallen. Aigner soll nach SPIEGEL-Informationen Kandidatin der Union werden.
According to media reports, the Bavarian state parliament president Ilse Aigner (CSU) is to be nominated as the successor to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The Federal Assembly will elect the new head of state on January 30th in Berlin.
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