German President Gauck billed for Poland visit
PR dla Zagranicy
John Beauchamp
19.03.2012 16:00
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German President Gauck billed for Poland visit - Agnieszka Bielawska reports
The newly elected German president, Joachim Gauck, is expected to come to Poland for his first official visit abroad later this month.
Joachim Gauck. Photo: PAP/EPA/Soeren Stache
German president Joachim Gauck. Photo: PAP/EPA/Soeren Stache
Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran pastor and anti communist activist from former East Germany, was elected as president of the European Union’s largest country on Sunday.
The new German head of state declared that he intends to visit Poland on his first offical foreign trip, which is expected to take place on 26-27 March.
Joachim Gauck takes the place of Christian Wulff, who resigned from the largely ceremonial post of German president after being hit by scandal in February.