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Aigner imagines factions - not the AfD and the Left
After her election as the Union candidate for the office of Federal President, Aigner is presenting herself today in Berlin to the Bundestag factions of the Union, SPD and Greens. She turned down an invitation from the AfD. The
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Candidate for the office of Federal President Aigner in the Bundestag - not with the AfD and the Left As of: November 10, 2026 • 7:26 a.m
After her election as the Union candidate for the office of Federal President, Aigner is presenting herself today in Berlin to the Bundestag factions of the Union, SPD and Greens. She turned down an invitation from the AfD. The Left has not yet invited Aigner.
The newly elected candidate for the federal presidential election has appointments in Berlin again today. One day after her nomination by the Union, Ilse Aigner introduced herself in the Bundestag. First, a visit to the Union faction is planned, where Chancellor and CDU leader Friedrich Merz as well as CSU leader Markus Söder will also be present. Before that, joint statements from Aigner, Union parliamentary group leader Thorsten Frei and CSU regional group leader Alexander Hoffmann are planned. Aigner then went to the SPD and the Greens.
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However, she will not introduce herself to the AfD. The party had invited Aigner, but Aigner turned her down: "Ms. von Storch publicly described Ilse Aigner's nomination as an indictment. This makes a visit by the AfD faction unnecessary," said Aigner's chief of staff Eric Marcuse. He was referring to an X-post by AfD MP Beatrix von Storch, in which she describes the qualifications based on which, in her opinion, Aigner was selected as a candidate as a "testimony of poverty".
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Aigner will not initially introduce herself to the Left either because she was not invited by the parliamentary group. Parliamentary Secretary Ina Latendorf said: "She won't be coming tomorrow. There has been no invitation." But she left a loophole open: If Aigner would like to introduce herself, “she is welcome to do so.”
The CDU nominated Aigner for the election on January 30th on Monday. The CSU politician is now the common candidate of the Union parties to succeed Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The leaders of the SPD and the Greens have already assured her of support.
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