German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to obtain the parliamentary majority needed to become a chancellor on Tuesday, in the first round of the elections, an unexpected setback for his new coalition with the Social Center-left democrats.
Merz, 69, who led his CDU/CSU conservatives in the victory of federal elections in February and since then secured a coalition agreement with the Social Center left democrats (SPD), had only 310 votes in the Baixa of Parliament, declared Bundestag president Julia Kloeckner.
He needed 316 votes to ensure the majority.
Kloeckner said he was interrupting the parliamentary session so that parliamentary groups could consult how to proceed.
The Low Chamber of Parliament, or Bundestag, now has 14 days to elect Merz or another Chancellor candidate with an absolute majority-and can try a new vote on Tuesday (6).
Merz conservatives won the national elections in February with 28.5% of the votes, but need at least one partner to form a majority government.
On Monday (5), they signed a coalition agreement with the Social Center-left democrats, which obtained only 16.4%, their worst result in the German postwar German history.
This content was originally published in Merz loses parliamentary election and does not become a chancellor of Germany on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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