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[-] VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days 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.

this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2025
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