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16.2.2017. 22:09
Njemačka
 

German Jewish community welcome election of country's new president

Židovska zajednica u Njemačkoj pozdravlja izbor novog predsjednika države




The Central Council of Jews in Germany, the country’s umbrella Jewish organisation and EJC affiliate, welcomed the election of Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Germany’s next president, calling him among the “most upright and staunch advocates of our democratic values and our constitution,” as well as a strong supporter of Israel. Steinmeier, a member of the Social Democratic Party who stepped down from his position as foreign minister under German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union party at the end of January, won an absolute majority on Sunday, with 931 of the 1253 votes in the German Federal Assembly. 

Centralna organizacija  "Council"  njemačkih Židova, koja je član Europskog Židovskog Kongresa, zaželila je dobrodošlicu izboru  Frank-Walter Steinmeiera za slijedećeg predsjednika Njemačke.  Nazvala ga je  jednim od najboljim advokatom za naše demokratske vrijednosti i naš statut, te velikog zagovornika Izraela. On je član  Socijal demokratske stranke gdje je bio ministar vanjskih poslova po kancelarkom Angelom Merkel. On je pobjedio  apsolutnom  većinom glasova (931 od 1.253) na Federalnoj skupštini. 

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Central Council President Josef Schuster praised the president-elect for “always [having] emphasised that Israel’s right to exist and its security are not up for debate.” Like his predecessor, outgoing President Joachim Gauck, Steinmeier “is a man of dialogue... 

Before the vote, Steinmeier said he would, if elected, work to counter a heightened sense of insecurity in today’s society.