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Germany's Friedrich Merz fails to be elected chancellor in shock first-round vote
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor in a major blow.
The New York Times5d
Friedrich Merz Becomes Germany’s Leader After Unexpected Day of Drama
Jim Tankersley Christopher F. Schuetze Melissa Eddy and Clay Risen Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat ...
Newsweek5d
Friedrich Merz Elected as German Chancellor in Crucial Second Vote
Languages: English. Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as the country's next chancellor in a crucial second vote after narrowly losing the first round of voting in a ...
MercoPress5d
Friedrich Merz becomes Germany's new Chancellor
Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected Chancellor of Germany on Tuesday after the second round of Bundestag voting, in which he was given 325 endorsements (thus ...
The Boston Globe5d
Germany’s Friedrich Merz named chancellor after parliamentary setback
BERLIN — Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor by the German parliament on Tuesday in a second round of voting, after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round. His ...