Germany's Merz becomes chancellor after surviving historic vote failure
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The conservative leader is sworn in, having won a parliament vote to become chancellor at the second attempt.

Germany’s conservative leader has unexpectedly fallen short of the numbers needed to form a majority in parliament to become chancellor.

Friedrich Merz needed 316 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag but only secured 310, in a significant blow to the Christian Democrat leader, two and a half months after winning Germany’s federal elections.

Two and a half months, they weren’t joking about slow German bureaucracy 😱

  • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The AfD could obliterate trust in him by voting for him, though.
    No one would believe he didn’t make a deal with them, since he has leaned on them for a vote against the former government twice already, causing a huge scandal.