
Germany’s Merz Elected Chancellor After Second Vote Amid Political Turmoil
The Unprecedented Election of Friedrich Merz as German Chancellor: A Political Drama Unfolds A Political Earthquake in Berlin The German Bundestag witnessed history in the making when Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner expected to smoothly assume the chancellorship, stumbled in the first parliamentary vote. Falling six votes short of the required 316, Merz’s initial failure…