This is Kurt Beck, who leads the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany and is most likely to run for Prime Minister against the current incumbent Angela Merkel. He’s 50 points behind her in likeability polls, so he’s going to shave his beard for charity. He just, um, doesn’t know what charity yet. He wants a million Euro to do it, but, he says:

“It must be serious and not turn into a spectacle. The event would have to help the really needy.”

Obviously, Germany is way more concerned with the problems of weird beards than the creeping problem of obesity.

German politician may auction his beard [Reuters]