Lets start with who is Max Otte?
The best description is that he's a economist-professor-politician, who holds both US and German citizenships. On commerce and money-matters....he's highly regarded. He's in his late fifties, and has published a number of books. If you held a roundtable meeting to discuss economic issues....he's one of the top five people I'd invite to the meeting.
So in the past week....the AfD Party (regarded as evil by the mainstream parties)....talked him (he was a CDU Party member) into being a AfD candidate for the Office of the German Presidency.
Naturally, this drew a lot of negative chatter from the CDU, and they want him dismissed from the party ASAP.
All of this....drawing national attention? Yes.
Chance even of winning the Presidency nomination? Zero. But it will draw more attention to the election than expected.
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