Feb 13, 2017
Updated: Sep 1, 2021
A German parliamentary assembly has elected Frank-Walter Steinmeier to become the country’s next president by an overwhelming majority.
Mr Steinmeier, Germany’s former foreign minister, strongly criticised Donald Trump during the US election campaign.
When asked in August about the rise of right-wing populism in Germany and elsewhere, Mr Steinmeier criticised those who “make politics with fear”. Read More