Friedrich Mertz was finally elected Chancellor after his humiliating defeat in the first vote, in which he failed to concentrate the necessary majority. In fact, shortly after 19:00 in the afternoon (Greek time) he was sworn in Chancellor, ending the “thriller” that began in the morning. In practice, since the CDU/CSU and SPD agreed on the coalition government program, called “taking responsibility for Germany” today’s vote would be a routine case as the coalition measures 328 MPs, twelve more than Merz. The secret ballot, however, took the ballots by its name only 310, which means that at least 18 MPs belonging to one of the two parties in the coalition have made an unprecedented “rebellion”. This is the first time in Germany’s post -war history that has happened, and it is a huge political defeat of Mertz, who has stated many times that with her […]
Source: News Beast
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