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North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Wüst (CDU) spoke out in favor of a future Federal President appointed by the Union
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With regard to the election of a new Federal President on February 13, 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) suggested in an interview with Welt am Sonntag that it would be “only logical” for a woman to take up this post - posed by his party. Ultimately, according to Wüst, "the Union has appointed the first female Federal Chancellor, the first Federal Defense Minister and the first female Commission President."
Wüst criticized the gender distribution at the head of the upcoming government of the traffic light coalition: “We will soon have a Chancellor who will be represented by two men. There will also be some supporters of the traffic light parties who would have wished for more diversity. "A woman" with charisma at the head of our state - that would be a strong sign, especially in view of Olaf Scholz's somewhat one-sided personnel plans on this issue. In my opinion, the time is ripe for a woman at Bellevue Palace «.
Although the traffic light parties SPD, Greens and FDP have a majority among the members of the Federal Assembly that elects the new Federal President in February, Wüst demanded that the CDU “should be entitled to its own proposal «.
After all, the Union provides most of the electoral women and men who are also part of the Federal Assembly.
When WamS asked, the politician did not give a specific name for a CDU presidential candidate: “Our candidate should embody modern Germany and be able to integrate it across party lines.
But I can only stimulate one thought process in the Union. "
The currently incumbent SPD Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced a long time ago that he wanted to run again.
