A candidate for chancellor has never failed to win on the first ballot since the end of the Second World War
Designated Chancellor Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) reacts on the day of a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, to elect the new German chancellor, in Berlin, Germany May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor since the Second World War failed in the first round of voting in parliament on Tuesday by six votes, a vote he had been widely expected to win smoothly.
A candidate for chancellor has never failed to win on the first ballot since the end of the war.
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