[HIGHLIGHTS] Successor to Frank Walter-Steinmeier: Top politicians demand Federal President

Politicians from the SPD, CDU, Greens and FDP are already calling for Germany to have a female federal president for the first time after 2027. "It would be good if the democratic parties agreed on a qualified woman as a candidate," said the Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer.

According to the Basic Law, the Federal President must be a German, have the right to vote in the Bundestag and be at least 40 years old.