Bundestag live: Merz misses a majority – Bundestag advises on appointment for second election – politics

CSU boss and Bavaria’s Prime minister Markus Söder will give a statement in Munich at noon at a short-term invitation. He was “disappointed” that Friedrich Merz’s failure in the first ballot was “damage to our country and our democracy, especially in these difficult times”. “It’s all about everything.” One was challenged than ever and need stability, says Söder, but “could not achieve it today”. The election of the Chancellor is not just about the person, but about the whole government. Söder’s appeal: “No games, no memo or pay old bills”.

Söder pulled the big line in his statement, warned that the event “can ultimately be a harbinger of Weimar, because the consequences are unforeseeable”. However, it is now important to “remain sensible and cool in this situation”. “Everything can still be solved, everything is still curable”. A good start for the federal government is still possible, everyone may “go” and “themselves are an example of a democracy that is able to act”.

Questions from journalists were not approved after the performance. In the Prince-Carl-Palais next to the State Chancellery, where Söder spoke, there is a press conference for the meeting of the Bavarian cabinet afterwards, then without the prime minister. Söder had led the session in the morning, it was about the topic of Jewish life and culture of memory. He had not participated in the Chancellor’s election in Berlin.