Scandal-hit German president resigns
BERLIN – Scandal-hit
German President Christian Wulff. AFP file photo
announced Friday he was stepping down as head of state, a day after prosecutors asked parliament to lift his immunity from prosecution.
“I am … today stepping down from the office of federal president to free up the way quickly for a successor,” he said in a televised statement from his Bellevue palace.
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