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Merz's party backs former minister Ilse Aigner for German president, media reports say
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Straits Times World is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Germany. The first report grouped here was at 6 Nov 2026, 17:23 UTC. The headline in use is “Merz's party backs former minister Ilse Aigner for German president, media reports say”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
BERLIN, Nov 6 - Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU) have agreed to back Ilse Aigner from the Bavarian Christian Social Union for the office of German president, German media said on Friday, after weeks of tension between the two sister parties.
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- First reported by The Straits Times World
Merz's party backs former minister Ilse Aigner for German president, media reports say
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- The Straits Times