Germany: Merz elected Chancellor but only on second attempt
Merz has been elected today as Federal Chancellor but needed two rounds of votes as he surprisingly failed in the first round. T he dimension of t his failure is historic, as it has never happened before . C hancellors have always been elected in the first round of voting since the end of the second World War up until now. Merz surprisingly fell short of a majority in Parliament in the first ballot … Detailed results indicate that 310 deputies voted in favor in the first ballot , while 316 votes were needed for approval. In addition, 307 MPs voted against, there was 1 invalid vo...