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On the international level, not being elected in the first round is a brutal blow for Merz. All the foreign trips that Merz had planned for his first days as Chancellor are in jeopardy! On Wednesday, Merz wanted to fly first to Paris, then to Warsaw
CDU leader Friedrich Merz has failed to secure the necessary votes to become Germany's chancellor. The first round of voting took place today, with a minimum of 316 votes needed to elect the chancellor.
But Merz secured 310 of these, which by only 6 votes, failed to obtain the necessary majority.
310 MPs voted in favor of Merz, 307 against, and 3 abstained.
This result is considered a historic defeat!
What happens next?
This Tuesday, another round of voting is only possible under certain conditions. If not, another round of voting could be scheduled for Friday.
Even on an international level, not being elected in the first round is a brutal blow for Merz. All the foreign trips that Merz had planned for his first days as Chancellor are in jeopardy! On Wednesday, Merz wanted to fly first to Paris, then to Warsaw.
Green Party politician Renate Künast sees Friedrich Merz as "massively weakened" after the election defeat. The election debacle was "a thunderbolt for the whole country," Künast told Phoenix television channel.
With the non-election of Friedrich Merz as Chancellor, the German stock index (DAX) also immediately fell.
Stock markets recently reacted positively to the agreement between the CDU/CSU and the SPD.
CDU foreign policy expert Jürgen Hardt wrote in 'X': "those in the coalition who did not vote for Friedrich Merz should ask themselves what kind of business they are running."
"Member of Parliament Friedrich Merz did not reach the required majority of at least 316 votes," announced Bundestag President Julia Klöckner after the first vote in the Bundestag, in a very unexpected turn of events.
Klöckner adjourned the Bundestag session. The parliamentary groups are now ready to meet. The timing of the second vote is unclear.
Merz was six votes short of a majority in Germany's 630 parliament. His coalition, which consists of his conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), would hold one of the weakest parliamentary majorities since World War II, with just 52 percent of the seats. /Adapted from Pamphlet/
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