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Re-elected German president vows to fight for democracy

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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been re-elected for a second term of five years by a special parliamentary assembly. Steinmeier had been endorsed by most mainstream political parties ahead of the election for the office as the largely ceremonial head of state. The president was elected Sunday by a special assembly made up of the members of parliament’s lower house and representatives of Germany’s 16 states. After being elected, the 66-year-old Steinmeier vowed to fight the enemies of democracy and help heal the wounds created by the coronavirus pandemic. Germany’s president has little executive power but is considered an important moral authority. 

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