Leader of the conservatives of theUnion CDU/CSU (center right) who came to the top of legislative elections last February, Friedrich Merz succeeds Olaf Scholzof Social Democratic Party (SPD)with which he forms the future government coalition for the next four years.
Friedrich Merz was elected Tuesday Federal Chancellorin a new scenario for theGermanywho saw his chief executive fail to reach an absolute majority during the first vote of Bundestaga first in the history of the country across the Rhine.
After a first round missed earlier in the morning, Friedrich Merz obtained 325 votes out of the 630 seats in the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag). He had collected 310 votes in the first round, on 621 votes cast. It took him 316 to access the Chancellery in the second round.
This scenario, at the very least unexpected, has the effect of a bomb in the German political world. Never before has an designated chancellor failed in the Bundestag election after negotiations of government coalition fruitful.
According to the German press, Friedrich Merz and his government will take an oath on Tuesday.
