The AfD has decided to appoint the former soccer player Bertold to the position of President of Germany.
The far-right Alternative for Germany is proposing the former world champion in soccer, 62-year-old Thomas Berthold (pictured) for the position of Federal President of Germany. The joint chairman of the party, Tino Harufella, justified this by the fact that Berthold, according to him, is popular among Germans, and during the epidemic he opposed state measures to combat the spread of the corona virus, "without considering the consequences for himself." The politician particularly remembers Berthold's victory in the 1990 World Cup in Italy. In total, the former Bundesliga player played 62 games for the West German national team, and also played for Stuttgart and Bayern Munich.
The AfD's nomination of its own candidate is rather symbolic, as the far-right party does not have a majority in the federal assembly. On January 30, 2027, this assembly, which includes the 630 members of the Bundestag and an equal number of electors from the federal states, must decide who will replace Frank-Walter Steinmeier as president. The coalition of the CDU/CSU and the SPD has a majority of votes; She appointed the speaker of the Bavarian Landtag, Ilse Eigner (CSU).