Merkel calls nomination of Aigner for German president historic event

Moscow, Nov 10 (Sputnik/UNI) Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the nomination of Ilse Aigner, the speaker of the Bavarian parliament from the Christian Social union (CSU), for the presidency of Germany a historic event. On Monday, German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic union (CDU) Friedrich Merz announced Aigner's nomination for the position. "She has every chance of actually being elected, rather than just being nominated, as has happened with female candidates in the past ... The very fact that she has been nominated as the first woman ever to hold this office in the history of the…