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Germany’s CDU names Ilse Aigner as its candidate for president

What’s new: Social Democrat leaders backed Aigner’s candidacy on Monday, the Associated Press reports.

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Germany’s CDU has named Ilse Aigner, president of the Bavarian state parliament and a Christian Social Union politician, as its candidate for federal president, the outlets report. If elected, Aigner, 61, would be Germany’s first female head of state. Her election would succeed Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term. The Federal Convention votes on January 30, and Deutsche Welle says Aigner is the favored candidate. The Associated Press reports that Social Democrat leaders, the coalition partner, also backed her on Monday, and that Aigner said she hoped to represent a “strong center.”

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  1. The CDU’s steering committee named Ilse Aigner as its candidate for federal president.

    Across the spectrumReported byCenter2Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    Financial Times, Deutsche Welle
    Right
    New York Post, The Washington Times

  2. Aigner, 61, is a Bavarian conservative and a Christian Social Union politician.

    Reported byCenter2Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    Financial Times, Deutsche Welle
    Right
    New York Post

  3. If elected, Aigner would be Germany’s first female president.

    Across the spectrumReported byCenter2Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    Financial Times, Deutsche Welle
    Right
    New York Post, The Washington Times

  4. Steinmeier is constitutionally barred from seeking a third five-year term.

    One outletNew York Post· Right

  5. The Federal Convention votes to elect the president on January 30.

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    Center
    Deutsche Welle
    Right
    New York Post
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  1. Deutsche Welle describes Aigner as the favored candidate for the vote.

    One outletDeutsche Welle· Center

  2. Social Democrat leaders backed Aigner’s candidacy on Monday, according to the Associated Press.

    One outletNew York Post· Right

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Center and right outlets both report that the CDU has nominated Ilse Aigner, who would be Germany’s first female president. Center headlines stress the nomination and her favored status, while right-side headlines highlight her appeal to liberals and opposition to populist forces.

  • the left

    No coverage yet

    No left-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Center outlets’ headlines lead with the CDU nomination and the first-female-president milestone, while Deutsche Welle’s profile stresses Aigner’s favored status.

    Ilse Aigner officially nominated as candidate for Germany's first female president
    Deutsche WelleCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Right-side headlines lead with the nomination as a first for a woman, and the Washington Times stresses the unity of governing parties, while the AP-based New York Post stresses her centrist appeal.

    Germany set to get its first female president as governing parties unite around ex-minister
    The Washington TimesRightAll right-leaning headlines

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From the left

0 outlets

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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • the CDU nomination
  • first female president
  • favored status for the January 30 vote
  • her Bavarian and Christian Social Union background
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From the right

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Leads with

  • first female president milestone
  • center-right appeal to liberals
  • unity of governing parties
  • opposition to populist and extremist forces
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  • New York PostRightAssociated Press report

    German chancellor Friedrich Merz nominates country’s first female president in Ilse Aigne

    Ilse Aigner is poised to become Germany's first female president after winning coalition support ahead of the Jan. 30 parliamentary vote.

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  • The Washington TimesRight

    Germany set to get its first female president as governing parties unite around ex-minister

    Germany is set to get its first female president after Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party nominated Ilse Aigner, a center-right politician with appeal to liberals, to become the country's head of state next year.

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)

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  • Center

    First to report

    Deutsche Welle, Nov 9, 6:11 AM EST

  • Right

    3 hr 38 min later

    Its first report, Nov 9, 9:49 AM EST

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  1. Deutsche WelleCenterNov 9, 6:11 AM EST
  2. Financial TimesCenterNov 9, 7:17 AM EST
  3. The Washington TimesRightNov 9, 9:49 AM EST
  4. New York PostRightNov 9, 3:02 PM EST

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