High-profile female politicians from across the spectrum have called for a woman to occupy the German presidency for the first time in the country’s history. The appeal was made in an article published in the Tagesspiegel newspaper ahead of International Women’s Day on Friday. Participants included members of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party. The office of president is the highest in Germany, although many of the responsibilities are ceremonial. “It would be good if the democratic parties ag…