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Summary Protesters hold up shoes in front of the building as a sign of their feelings towards Wulff.
Several hundred demonstrators have gathered in front of the official residence of German President Christian Wulff who has come under fire for his conduct with the media for a so called ‘shoe-in’.About 400 people have gathered in front of the office of the German president Christian Wulff for a so called ‘shoe-in’.Protesters were holding up shoes as a sign of their feelings towards Wulff and demanded the resignation of the president.The ‘shoe-in’ under the motto Shoe for you, Mr. President took place in reference to the gesture in Arabic countries where this means the ridiculing of someone and is also used to express anger and contempt for someone.President Wulff has come under fire for his conduct with the media.Germanys top-selling Bild newspaper said on Thursday it planned to publish a potentially explosive transcript of a message left by President Christian Wulff for its editor trying to stop the publication of an embarrassing home loan story.The move could further damage Wulff who on Wednesday went on television to try to defuse an escalating scandal about the private loan and his apparent attempt to pressure the paper.The scandal could damage Chancellor Angela Merkel, who nominated Wulff to take over the presidency in 2010.
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