Christian Wulff

Annalena Wulff is the daughter (from his first marriage) of new German President Christian Wulff.  Annalena and German First Lady Bettina Wulff attended the official welcome ceremony for Wulff at Schloss Bellevue presidential palace at the Bundestag on July 2nd 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Christian Wulff was the candidate supported by both German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle's Free Democrats (FDP) political...Read Full Story

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she would seek a cross-party candidate after the resignation of Germany's scandal-hit president dealt her a blow as she battles to lead Europe out of a crisis.Merkel announced talks with all major political parties to find a consensus candidate to replace Christian Wulff, who earlier stepped down after prosecutors demanded the lifting of his immunity from prosecution."We want to hold talks with the aim of being able to propose a joint candidate for the...Read Full Story

German President Christian Wulff has announced his resignation, after prosecutors called for his immunity to be lifted. An ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Wulff is embroiled in a scandal over a home loan that he accepted when he was premier of Lower Saxony. Mrs Merkel cancelled a visit to Italy on Friday to deal with the crisis, and said she regretted that he had quit. German media say the crisis is unprecedented in post-war Germany. Mrs Merkel had fought to get Mr Wulff, an ally in her...Read Full Story

German President Christian Wulff has announced his resignation, after prosecutors called for his immunity to be lifted. An ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Wulff, 52, stepped down over corruption claims involving a dubious home loan. He denies any wrongdoing.Mrs Merkel cancelled a visit to Italy on Friday to deal with the crisis, and said she regretted that he had quit.German media say the crisis is unprecedented in post-war Germany.Mrs Merkel had fought to get Mr Wulff, from her centre...Read Full Story

Germany’s President Christian Wulff announced his resignation Friday, following a series of scandals that prompted calls for him to stand down. Merkel, who proposed Wulff for the presidency in 2010, on Friday expressed “deep regret” at his resignation. Merkel cancelled a visit to Italy on Friday to deal with the crisis, and said she regretted that he had quit. “I am … today stepping down from the office of federal president to free up the way quickly for a successor,” he said in a televised...Read Full Story