The German president Wulff has a conflict with the media: Some important newspapers say, he tried to stop by phone call investigations related to his practice, to take cheap loans. Some hundred demonstrators raised shoes in front of residence “Bellevue“. It’s not quite sure, if he can remain head of the state. In Germany a high moral level is demanded for this “job”; it’s not good, if a president seems to follow the goal to have much money. People are searching for a thinker, maybe a philosopher, a man similar to a pope? The Germans know, that from Putin to Berlusconi, from Greece to Hungary the moral standard in Europe is not always perfect …
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related:
DER SPIEGEL: The World from Berlin: President Still Under Fire Despite TV Explanation
Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/01/20121714172117829.html
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