Report: German coalition agrees on Steinmeier as president
BERLIN — The parties making up Germany’s coalition government are reported to have agreed to support the foreign minister becoming the country’s next president.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier would take over the largely ceremonial role as head of state from Joachim Gauck, whose five-year term ends in February.
German news agency dpa reported Monday that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Union bloc would back Steinmeier for the post.
The 60-year-old Social Democrat is among Germany’s most popular politicians.