I know it's the hottest day on record, I know it's the middle of the World Cup and Germany is surprising even itself with it's own performances...but there is actually something more important right now.Germany has to pick a new President. Well, better said - the Federal Convention has to. Politicians from the German Parliament and representatives from the states will cast their secret ballots on Wednesday, June 30. The two prime candidates for the election are Joachim Gauck (backed by the Greens and SPD) and Christian Wulff (put forward by CDU/CSU and the FDP).
The election is necessary after the former German President Horst Köhler resigned on the 31st of May, following controversy about his statements regarding the German army.
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