East German former Lutheran pastor Joachim Gauck is Germany's new president, after reluctantly being backed by Chancellor Angela Merkel.<br /><br />Winning with an overwhelming majority, he got 991 votes, to his closest opponent, Beate Klarsfeld's 126.<br /><br />The 72-year-old is Germany's third president in two years and its first one from the former communist East.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
