Der Spiegel: von der Leyen could run in 2027 German presidential election
Bekommt »vdL« noch ein Spitzenamt für ihre Sammlung? Kommt Friedrich Merz heute auf Reformideen für seine Herbstkollektion? Und wo in Deutschland kommen Handys noch auf den Pausenhof? Das ist die Lage am Montagmorgen.
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I thought she was not popular in Germany..But might be forwarded as a candidate for Presidency by the CDU, it seems.
She isn't, but the president isn't elected by popular vote but from parliament.
parliament
Tnx, so the Bundestag elects her. Is she popular there as far as you know?
I used translation option to read the article. Don't know how the original reads, but translations was bad or it reads sensationally weird to me. Anyhow it sounded all like gossip, is this correct?
so the Bundestag elects her
Yes and no. The president is elected by the Bundesversammlung (federal convention) which exists and meets solely for this task. It consists of all members of the Bundestag, the federal pairlament, and an equal number of designees from the states pairlaments who are elected by the pairlaments in advance of the presidential election. The individual share of the latter depends on the population of the state.
Well, Bundestag is dominated by the CDU and she is a CDU member. So... 🤷♂️
And yes, the article is written more like a casual political comment and the German original also is a bit awkward, so your impression is right.
The Bundestag is anything but dominated by the CDU, they wish. Whoever tries to be the next president, needs some serious inter-psrty diplomacy and good will, and the CDU is not known for being good at that. Certainly the current is far from that
Meh, SPD will hold its tummy and do the CDUs bidding like they got so used to in the last 20 years. That alone should be enough for ~40%, add an actual left candidate as alternative and the NSAfD is also on board
You are right. Just remembering e.g. the recent farce with the voting for Bundesverfassungsgericht...
I thought she was not popular in Germany…
That's never a problem. The brain-dead and the senile combine to a massive majority and both are changing their opinion instantly once the right propagandists tell them how to think.
Also the president isn't elected by the population. So it's even cheaper as politicians don't need to be brain-washed, they can simply be bought.
The brain-dead and the senile combine to a massive majority
Unfortunately, this is not uniquelly a German situation. I find it a miracle we still have (some sort of) a Government at all in our divided countries.
Sadly I think that you are wrong here. More division and no working government would at least be a sign that there is a healthy chunk with brains left. Instead we get totally idiotic populists in power because propaganda victims are the majority and calling th shots (well, not actually, but they are too stupid to realize how the people they elect are working against them anyway).
no working government.
Careful what you wish for. No Government usually leads to utter chaos, and I'm not so optimistic about human nature. And none of the problems you care for would be resolved. Check for extreme examples Haiti, South-Africa, Myanmar etc.