On March 18, 2027, the last of the two presidential terms of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will end, and on January 27, the Federal Assembly will have to elect a new one. The question of who will replace him as the head of Germany is a new reason for a possible split in the ruling coalition. Chancellor Friedrich Mertz and his CDU party have not yet decided, but the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), which together with the CDU makes up the Christian Democratic bloc of Germany (CDU/CSU), has already decided on a candidate. The CSU wants Ilse Eigner, the president of Bavaria's regional parliament, to become Germany's first female head of state. At last weekend's conference, Einar was already presented as a candidate. Meraz, who also spoke at the conference, was silent about possible candidates. He is expected to make a decision no later than November, but the ongoing indecision is causing confusion among members of his own party, as candidates have long been discussed: Karin Perrin, the education minister, has been seen within the CDU as a possible presidential candidate. Julia Klöckner, president of the Bundestag, and Angert Kramp-Karrenbauer, former defense minister, were also considered. Another CDU woman has now entered the race: Ines Klaus, leader of the CDU parliamentary group in Hesse. No matter who the candidate is, the long delay in identifying him splits not only the CDU/CSU bloc, but also the ruling coalition. In the end, the bloc does not have enough votes; It will still be necessary to convince the SPD and the Greens to vote "yes". But for now, the chancellor, who has the last word, pretends he is not in a hurry, so the CDU/CSU is increasingly confident that Merz, as usual, will not be able to make a strong decision in time, which creates a sense of paralysis in the ruling coalition and really forces them to raise the question of replacing the prime minister.

On March 18, 2027, the last of the two presidential terms of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will end, and on January 27, the Federal Assembly will have to elect a new one. The question of who will replace him as the head of Germany is a new reason for a possible split in the ruling coalition. Chancellor Friedrich Mertz and his CDU party have not yet decided, but the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), which together with the CDU makes up the Christian Democratic bloc of Germany (CDU/CSU), has already decided on a candidate. The CSU wants Ilse Eigner, the president of Bavaria's regional parliament, to become Germany's first female head of state. At last weekend's conference, Einar was already presented as a candidate. Meraz, who also spoke at the conference, was silent about possible candidates. He is expected to make a decision no later than November, but the ongoing indecision is causing confusion among members of his own party, as candidates have long been discussed: Karin Perrin, the education minister, has been seen within the CDU as a possible presidential candidate. Julia Klöckner, president of the Bundestag, and Angert Kramp-Karrenbauer, former defense minister, were also considered. Another CDU woman has now entered the race: Ines Klaus, leader of the CDU parliamentary group in Hesse. No matter who the candidate is, the long delay in identifying him splits not only the CDU/CSU bloc, but also the ruling coalition. In the end, the bloc does not have enough votes; It will still be necessary to convince the SPD and the Greens to vote "yes". But for now, the chancellor, who has the last word, pretends he is not in a hurry, so the CDU/CSU is increasingly confident that Merz, as usual, will not be able to make a strong decision in time, which creates a sense of paralysis in the ruling coalition and really forces them to raise the question of replacing the prime minister.