The Federal Assembly met in Berlin to elect a new Federal President. Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD) opened the session on Sunday afternoon in the Paul-Löbe-Haus. The re-election of incumbent Frank-Walter Steinmeier is considered certain. He was proposed by the traffic light parties SPD, Greens and FDP, the CDU/CSU opposition declared their support. Together they have a large majority in the Federal Assembly. The 66-year-old is only the fifth Federal President to stand for a second term.
There are four candidates for the presidential election
The left is the doctor Gerhard Trabert (65) and the AfD the economist Max Otte (57), who is a member of the CDU. In addition, the Free Voters have nominated the physicist Stefanie Gebauer (41). However, all three have no chance given the majority situation.
The Federal Assembly is the largest parliamentary body in Germany. Its only task is to elect the head of state every five years. It is made up of the members of the German Bundestag and an equal number of members who are delegated by the 16 state parliaments. Since the Bundestag currently has 736 members, the Federal Assembly consists of 1472 electors – more than ever before.
Presidential election in the stairwell
Because of the corona pandemic, this time the committee did not meet in the plenary hall of the Reichstag building, but in the neighboring Paul-Löbe-Haus, where there is more space. All delegates had to prove a negative corona test in order to take part in the Federal Assembly.
Source: Stern
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