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The AfD member of the Bundestag Albrecht Glaser, candidate of the party in the 2017 federal presidential election
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The AfD is likely to run again with its own candidate in this year's federal presidential election.
There are corresponding considerations, said a party spokesman on Wednesday the AFP news agency.
A decision about who should run for the AfD has not yet been made.
This should be decided on Monday at a conference call of the federal executive committee.
The election will take place on February 13 in the Federal Assembly - Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is running for a second term.
It is certain that the SPD politician will be re-elected.
Steinmeier is supported by the traffic light parties SPD, Greens and FDP.
The presidia of the CDU and CSU also recommend that the Union representatives in the Federal Assembly elect Steinmeier.
The Federal Assembly will consist of the 736 members of the Bundestag and a further 736 electorates sent by the 16 state parliaments.
The electors sent do not have to be politicians; the parties can send public figures.
446 of the 1472 members will be the CDU and CSU, 389 the SPD, 234 the Greens, 154 the AfD, 153 the FDP, 71 the Left, 18 the Free Voters and 2 the Südschleswigsche Voters' Association.
There are also 5 non-attached members from the Bundestag and the state parliaments.
With the votes of the SPD, FDP, Greens and Union, Steinmeier has arithmetically enough supporters for a second term.
42 votes for AfD candidate Glaser in the 2017 election
According to Article 54 of the Basic Law, an absolute majority is required for the first two ballots.
If this does not come about initially because not all members of the Federal Assembly vote from the Steinmeier government camp, he would be re-elected in the third ballot with a high degree of probability, if a simple majority is sufficient.
In the 2017 election, the AfD had sent the Bundestag member Albrecht Glaser against Steinmeier into the race.
Albrecht got 42 votes in the vote in the Federal Assembly.
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