Originally appeared at A-specto, translated by Borislav exclusively for SouthFront
The Federal Assembly of Germany composed of 630 members of the Bundestag, and 630 representatives of federal territories, elected former Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier for president of Germany. 931 deputies voted for him. The choice of Steinmeier strengthens the position of the German Social Democratic Party in the upcoming elections for chancellor of Germany.
This makes a fourth term of Angela Merkel even more problematic. Moreover, her rival in the Bundestag elections in autumn 2017, will be the former chairman of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, who on January 24, 2017 was elected to the post of chairman of the German Social Democratic Party.
Schultz popularity among German voters is constantly growing and in recent days has reached 32%. Unlike Merkel, Steinmeier favors a more moderate course in German – Russian relations.
Wrong headline. Should be: The German henchman of the oligarchy fullfilled an order.
Not good, germany going further left is bad news for all…
do you think Angela Merkel is helpful for Germany? She has accepted all unfair treatments from the usa. The former chancelor, Gerhard Schröder, has declined a military engagement on Iraq.
LOL, keep spewing the propaganda!
You know, what NSA did? They have spied out her cell-phone, checked Internet – correspondences and she too afraid to complain about it. where is propaganda? Snowden has published that
Germany not moving leftwards is bad news for all…
Leftards not learning their lesson, bad news for dumbshits like you….
Rightards not learning from their mistakes, dumbshits like you are bad news for everyone.
Cleanup has already begun, enjoy the next 8 years.
MeMadMax if you consider the SPD or Social Democrats still left than you are about 25 years late they are center or almost center right,…if you look at what they do and not just the name.
What a shame, really; Germany’s most popular politician was tucked away into the presidency and the eavesdropped witch was only too happy to support it, as her candidate would have lost the election anyway, as the Greens and the Leftists would most likely support Steinmeier against a right-wing candidate (even though the Leftists rightfully despise Steinmeier).
And that is bad news not only for Germany, but for the whole Europe as well, as the eavesdropped bitch now has a chance against the upstart bookseller, because both are just about equally incompetent nitwits.