| In other news, Germany apparently had a presidential election. |
| But who voted? The numbers below don't sound like national population figures. |
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) nominee Horst Koehler was re-elected on Saturday as the President of Germany and secured an absolute majority by 613 out of 1,224 votes.
Koehler's Social Democratic Party opponent, the 66-years-old female Political Science Professor Gesine Schwas scored 503 votes and was supported by her party as well as The Greens and the Left while Left Party's nominee Peter Sodann garnered 91 votes.
The elections' day coincides with the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German constitution. A celebration will kick off today where German politicians, intellectuals, artists, and German and foreign art bands will be participating.
Christian Democratic Union chairman Konrad Adenauer was the first Chancellor of West Germany from 1949-1963. |