Victory for Gauck would bring political change

Should the opposition's candidate Joachim Gauck be elected president this would spell the end for Chancellor Angela Merkel and bring political change to Germany, according to an analysis by the news magazine Wprost: "Pastor Joachim Gauck - the symbol of Germany's coming to terms with the GDR dictatorship - is competing in the race for the office of president. The military tatoo in front of Schloss Bellevue [the official presidential residence in Berlin] to say farewell to Horst Köhler [the resigning president] feels like a funeral - despite the red carpet, the soldiers, the military band and everyone singing the national anthem. ... Köhler's sudden resignation has caused Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle serious difficulties. If the opposition's candidate - the highly regarded Joachim Gauck - becomes Köhler's successor this may bring a major upheaval on the political scene in Germany."

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