I firmly decided that it should be a woman," German Chancellor Friedrich March said of the next federal president, dpa and AFP reported, referring to the participants of a closed CDU meeting. He did not name her, but it is expected that he will present the candidate no later than the party's presidential meeting on November 9. During the 77 years of existence of the Federal Republic of Germany, this position has never been held by a woman.

I firmly decided that it should be a woman," German Chancellor Friedrich March said of the next federal president, dpa and AFP reported, referring to the participants of a closed CDU meeting. He did not name her, but it is expected that he will present the candidate no later than the party's presidential meeting on November 9. During the 77 years of existence of the Federal Republic of Germany, this position has never been held by a woman.