Germany's Merz becomes chancellor after surviving historic vote failure
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The conservative leader is sworn in, having won a parliament vote to become chancellor at the second attempt.

Germany’s conservative leader has unexpectedly fallen short of the numbers needed to form a majority in parliament to become chancellor.

Friedrich Merz needed 316 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag but only secured 310, in a significant blow to the Christian Democrat leader, two and a half months after winning Germany’s federal elections.

Two and a half months, they weren’t joking about slow German bureaucracy 😱

  • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    If there is no winner in the second round, the candidate with the most votes wins.
    If that is the absolute majority, all is fine.
    If there is no absolute majority, the President has the option to appoint the candidate who got the most votes or dissolve the parlament and call for new elections.