Germany: Next president should come from east, says official

Germany is marking Unity Day with events in the northern city of Bremen. Eastern Germany commissioner Elisabeth Kaiser has used the occasion to call for the next president to come from the east. DW has the latest.

Germany's leaders have gathered in the northern city of Bremen for official festivities marking Unity Day.

The national holiday commemorates October 3, 1990, the former East Germany joined the Federal Republic of Germany.

Eastern Germany commissioner Elisabeth Kaiser says the country's next president should come from the east, and be a woman.

She says eastern Germans remain underrepresented in positions of power more than three decades after reunification.

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