Sunday, February 12 , 2017 - 9:40 (EEST) Section: Capital News (Kenya)
Former foreign minister and presidential candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier, regularly polls as Germany’s most popular politician © dpa/AFP/File / Rainer JensenBERLIN, Feb 12 – Billed as Germany’s “anti-Trump”, the centre-left former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is Sunday set to be elected as the new ceremonial head of state.
The 61-year-old, who regularly polls as Germany’s most popular politician, will represent the EU’s top economy abroad and act as a kind of moral arbiter for the nation.
For the Social Democrats (SPD), his appointment raises the party’s profile just as its candidate Martin Schulz, the former European parliament president, readies to challenge Chancellor Angela
Source: Capital News
Sunday, February 12 , 2017 - 9:40 (EEST) Section: Capital News (Kenya)
Former foreign minister and presidential candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier, regularly polls as Germany’s most popular politician © dpa/AFP/File / Rainer JensenBERLIN, Feb 12 – Billed as Germany’s “anti-Trump”, the centre-left former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is Sunday set to be elected as the new ceremonial head of state.
The 61-year-old, who regularly polls as Germany’s most popular politician, will represent the EU’s top economy abroad and act as a kind of moral arbiter for the nation.
For the Social Democrats (SPD), his appointment raises the party’s profile just as its candidate Martin Schulz, the former European parliament president, readies to challenge Chancellor Angela
Source: Capital News
