A new president was elected in Germany by the parliament in a “Federal Assembly“: Joachim Gauck, an anti-communist pastor and human rights activist from former East-Germany; he maybe is a real freethinker – at least better than any Wulff-character (it was said, that the former president Christian Wulff was corrupt – he had to cancel his job, when investigations started …)
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more about Gauck:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17420111#TWEET106417
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http://www.euronews.com/2012/03/18/gauck-becomes-new-president-of-germany/
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/16/joachim-gauck-president-east-germany
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/17/us-germany-president-idUSBRE82G0FL20120317?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FworldNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+International%29
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Is that a good thing or bad thing,,politics not my forte’ 😉
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it’s a good thing, it was said, that the former president Christian Wulff was corrupt – he had to cancel his job, when investigations started …
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Hope for the best because corruption is a bad thing…
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Politics is always a precarious thing…. Good luck with the new president. I hope he is better for the people than the former president.
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Hope everything runs well with the new president.
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congrats!
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A pastor, human rights activist, freethinker – sounds like good possibilities.
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I hope that he can give an influence! though freethinkers are not really liked in Germany …
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,822131,00.html
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Hooray for Joachim Gauck–and for your sharing all of this info about the new German president here and on Twitter, dear Frizz! Danke Schoen!
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Best wishes to him! 🙂
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