Federal President Steinmeier: Greens surprisingly support second term

Created: 01/04/2022Updated: 01/04/2022, 10:15 AM

From: Tobias Utz

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

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Will Frank-Walter Steinmeier have a second term as Federal President?

The way for this is apparently free.

Berlin - The Greens are apparently for a second term in office for Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier *. This is reported by the ARD capital studio *. So far there had been votes in the Greens who were critical of re-election. “Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a good president. But we have agreed not to discuss this question with the coalition partners until the new year, ”Omid Nouripour told the newspapers of the Funke media group shortly before the turn of the year. Nouripour is a candidate for the Green Chairmanship. *

Now, according to the report, the Greens are unanimously behind a second Steinmeier term in office. "Frank-Walter Steinmeier is a very good and highly respected Federal President who has done a great deal to our country in his first term of office," said party leaders Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock and the two parliamentary group leaders Katharina Dröge and Britta Haßelmann in a joint statement With. "In particular, his strong voice for democratic cohesion deserves our respect and support," it continued. “We are convinced that it will continue to give our society support and orientation on the difficult path out of the pandemic. That is why we support his re-election and recommend our voters in the Federal Assembly to re-elect Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Federal President. "

In comparison, the traffic light partners SPD and FDP had already promised their support for Steinmeier.

The dpa also reports that the traffic light parties have enough votes for Steinmeier to be re-elected in the first ballot: 776 out of 1472. (tu / dpa)