itc_updates: Germany - Merkel backs Foreign Minister Steinmeier for presidency: euronews (in English)

Published on Nov 14, 2016

Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier is hotly tipped to become the country's next president after Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats agreed to back his candidacy.

Currently foreign minister, if approved, the Social Democrat would take up the largely ceremonial post from incumbent, Joachim Gauck, in February next year, when the president steps down.