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Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suffered an embarrassing setback when he fell short of a majority in an initial vote in the lower house of parliament, potentially delaying his swearing-in as head of government due to take place later on Tuesday.

  • Schnabeltierplaisir@feddit.orgEnglish
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    5 days ago

    For the second round he would once again require 316 “yes”-votes (50% +1 vote) of the entire parliament. It’s possible that the first round was intended as a warning since cdu and SPD have a majority.

    In a third round he would only need the majority of votes the MPs that are present during the vote.