Country Profile: Germany Country Focus: Germany
A Social Democrat, Mr Steinmeier enjoyed the support of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “grand coalition” of centre-correct and centre-left parties. Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected federal president in February 2017, succeeding Joachim Gauck. Famed for its technological achievements, it has also developed some of Europe’s most celebrated composers, philosophers and poets. Germany is a sovereign state and federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe, covering 357,021 square kilometres with about 81.eight view million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is…