(de-news.net) – Julia Klöckner, the President of the German Bundestag, has made a compelling argument for the election of a woman as the next Federal President in order to advance gender equality in Germany’s highest office. She emphasized the historical disparity, pointing out that since the Federal Republic’s founding in 1949, twelve males have served as president and no woman has, a trend she views as an obvious indication of inequality. Klöckner underlined that in order to attain true normalcy in political representation, the possibility of female leadership should be carefully examined as President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s tenure draws to a close.

Green Party leader Britta Haßelmann and CDU Deputy Secretary General Christina Stumpp have both made similar pleas. In particular, Haßelmann denounced the persistent practice of proposing female candidates while preventing their election, thereby sustaining a systemic exclusion from the presidency.