She didn't swoon over Rachmaninoff or let her skirt blow up over her head, but a Bavarian politician's controversial take on the seven-year-itch has turned heads in the predominantly Catholic German state.
Gabriele Pauli, who is running for the leadership of Bavaria's conservative Christian Social Union party, suggested this week that marriages should last just seven years.
During the launch of her campaign manifesto in Munich on Wednesday, the twice-divorced Pauli proposed the seven-year limit, with couples being given the option of renewing their commitment to each other or allowing their union to dissolve automatically.
"The basic approach is wrong," Pauli told reporters. "Many marriages last just because people believe they are safe.
"My suggestion is that marriages expire after seven years."
Pauli's call for finite nuptials has irked a number of her conservative colleagues, as well as a number of Catholic bishops who called for her resignation.
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Gabriele Pauli, who is running for the leadership of Bavaria's conservative Christian Social Union party, suggested this week that marriages should last just seven years.
During the launch of her campaign manifesto in Munich on Wednesday, the twice-divorced Pauli proposed the seven-year limit, with couples being given the option of renewing their commitment to each other or allowing their union to dissolve automatically.
"The basic approach is wrong," Pauli told reporters. "Many marriages last just because people believe they are safe.
"My suggestion is that marriages expire after seven years."
Pauli's call for finite nuptials has irked a number of her conservative colleagues, as well as a number of Catholic bishops who called for her resignation.
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