{
  "id": 17746834,
  "title": "Steinmeier succession: SPD nominates Michel Friedman for the Federal Assembly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/steinmeier-nachfolge-spd-nominiert-michel-friedman-fur-die-17746834",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T04:20:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/steinmeier-nachfolge-spd-nominiert-michel-friedman-fuer-die-bundesversammlung/100266516.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The Hessian SPD parliamentary group plans to nominate Michel Friedman, a former vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, for the Federal Convention on Tuesday. Friedman, 70, will help decide on the succession of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in January. SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch praised Friedman for his commitment to defending democracy and fighting antisemitism and racism. Friedman stated that it is an honour for him to elect the next federal president, especially in a time when democratic values are under pressure.",
  "summary": "Michel Friedman is supposed to help decide who will succeed Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Federal President, according to the will of the Hessian SPD - from the publicist's point of view, an election \"of the highest importance\".",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}