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BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 12: Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender leave their home to visit a service at the church in the morning before the election of a new German President by the Federal Assembly at the Bundestag on February 12, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Steinmeier is the favored candidate of Germanys leading political parties and is expected to win the election with a strong majority in the first round. (Photo by Thomas Koehler/Photothek via Getty Images)

BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 12: Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender leave their home to visit a service at the church in the morning before the election of a new German President by the Federal Assembly at the Bundestag on February 12, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Steinmeier is the favored candidate of Germanys leading political parties and is expected to win the election with a strong majority in the first round. (Photo by Thomas Koehler/Photothek via Getty Images)