(From L to R) Bavarian Christian Democrats (CSU) Chairman Horst Seehofer, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Chancellor and German Christian Democrats (CDU) Chairwoman Angela Merkel and German Social Democrats Chairman Sigmar Gabriel speak to the media after Steinmeier was confirmed to become Germany's next president at the Bundestag on November 16, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Steinmeier will succeed current President Joachim Gauck will be elected by the Federal Assembly in February.