• Eril@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    Not much really. As a German, our president is mostly just representational, so just don’t be a scumbag and don’t be a Nazi or Nazi-adjacent would do fine.

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      17 hours ago

      As a German I would say test that they actually keep up with all their duties. I feel like for many years ours do a terrible job, but at least they don’t try to overthrow the government or anything. So… test that they know and are willing to perform their duties:

      The president’s most prominent powers and duties include:

      • Proposing the chancellor to the Bundestag
      • Appointing and dismissing the chancellor and their cabinet ministers
      • Dissolving the Bundestag under certain circumstances
      • Declaring the legislative state of emergency under certain circumstances
      • Convening the Bundestag
      • Signing and promulgating laws or vetoing them under certain circumstances
      • Appointing and dismissing federal judges, federal civil servants, and commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the Armed Forces
      • Exercising the power to pardon individual offenders on behalf of the Federation
      • Awarding honors on behalf of the Federation
      • Representing Germany at home and abroad

      Currently, German presidency is a deportation track for political pensioners.