Former Chancellor Angela Merkel to help elect Federal President:

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Federal Assembly: Former Chancellor Angela Merkel to help elect the Federal President

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Key FactsPoll: Support Grows for a Female German President

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28% would welcome a woman as German president, compared with 19% in August and 18% in July 2024.

Among women, 36% favor a female president, compared with 19% of men; the figures are 23% in the east and 29% in the west.

50% consider Angela Merkel suitable and 46% unsuitable; for Ilse Aigner, the figures are 36% and 26%, while 38% have no view or do not know her.

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According to Merkel, populist parties sought to divide human dignity and stoke hatred and envy through social distinctions.

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