Germany will hold a new presidential election in 2027 with the most fierce competition in history!
Currently, the list of German presidential candidates is widening, including a number of outstanding female politicians, but the reputation and power of these politicians cannot be compared to the candidates favoured by German Prime Minister Martin Schulz.
She is, from Germany, the current President of the European Commission, von der Leyen!
Even Germany’s largest newspaper, Bild, asked: “Would Von der Leyen really move to Bellevue?”
Merkel and von der Leyen
It is alleged,Germany's prime minister, who is part of the CDU with von der Leyen, said on Sunday on the opening day of the German federal government that it would be "too good" if Germany could have the first female federal president in 2027.
But who is it? A few of the female candidates stand out.
Julia Klöck, Speaker of the Bundestag? Okay, no problem, but the changing of the guard doesn't seem cost-effective for it or the party.
Family Minister Karin Prien is often mentioned-why not? But members of the Alliance Party (CDU/CSU) did not sound "excited" when they heard her name.
The current Bavarian State Congressman Ilse Aigner is very interested in this. This sparked a fire in the heart of CSU leader Markus Söder — unfortunately, it was not the fire of passion, but the opposite of love. There are some unsolved conflicts between Soder and Aegner.
Bild's report
Recently, rumors have become increasingly popular in Berlin government circles that CDU leaders are considering a completely different name: Ursula von der Leyen! It is said that Merz also has a "soft spot" for Von der Leyen's candidacy for German president and hopes to co-run the German government with this good friend.
Of course, the president of the European Commission will not receive until the end of 2024 and has a term of up to five years. So if she wins the federal presidential election in February 2027, she will lose more than two years of her term as president of the European Commission and Germany will lose its most important position of power in Brussels.
But several factors make the idea attractive, such as for von der Leyen herself: She has proven herself in the Green New Deal in Brussels and aid to Ukraine, so her departure will not diminish her reputation.
Moreover, the EU is currently in various crises and is going downhill. The voice against her in the EU is also growing louder. It is becoming more and more difficult for her to implement the new policy, so it is better to "accept it when it is good".
Von der Leyen and Mertz
As president of Germany, she would again be the first of her kind: the first defense minister, the first European Union Commission president, and the first female federal president - what a future! After two terms, she will turn 77, so Bellevue will be the pinnacle of her career.
In turn, the CDU can proudly say that after the first female prime minister, it has welcomed the first female federal president。Admittedly, von der Leyen is not very enthusiastic, but she does have the "keen wisdom and dignity"(so the Germans themselves say) required for the presidency.
At present, if Von der Leyen is willing, it is indeed a "certainty". After all, her coalition party has the most votes in the Bundestag. The German presidential election is in principle dominated by the largest party in the Bundestag.
Moreover, in the German political circle, it has long been an era when whoever has a higher position can replace whoever. Baerbock, a good friend of von der Leyen and former foreign minister of the Green Party, was elected as the president of the UN General Assembly. Originally, the German government had recommended Helga Schmid, a senior German diplomat who was the Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), as the president of the UN General Assembly, but as the foreign minister, she forcibly took away the candidate's quota.
German leader Weidel.
However, the opposition has also rejected Von der Leyen’s weapons!
It is said that after Merz favored Von der Leyen, opposition parties such as the Green Party intended to nominate former German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the presidential candidate.If that were true, Von der Leyen would have had a hard time achieving the goal of a female president.Whether in the coalition party or in the opposition, Merkel is a big politician far beyond von der Leyen. The key is to see whether Merkel is willing to return to politics.
In this way, after the defeat of Merkel in the party 20 or 30 years ago, Merkel will fall into a situation of failure again.
Furthermore, if the CDU did not recommend Von der Leyen this time and recommend her again as a presidential candidate in the next term, it would be difficult to climb the top because, according to current German political trends, Germany’s chosen party is likely to surpass the CDU in the future and become the largest political party with power in the German Bundestag.