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businesslive.co.za | Kirsti Knolle |Madeline Chambers
But Merz’s failure to win backing for his chancellorship at the first attempt is a first for post-war Germany and an embarrassment for a man who has promised to restore German leadership on the world stage. “The whole of Europe looked to Berlin today in the hope that Germany would reassert itself as an anchor of stability and a pro-European powerhouse,” said Jana Puglierin, head of the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations think-tank. “That hope has been dashed.
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businesslive.co.za | Kirsti Knolle |Madeline Chambers
Berlin — The German parliament will hold a second vote to confirm conservative Friedrich Merz as chancellor after the first one failed, the leader of the centre-left SPD said on Tuesday. “We have now succeeded in applying for a second vote to be held today so that we can quickly elect the federal chancellor,” said Lars Klingbeil. “I assume that the necessary majority will now be there in the second ballot for Friedrich Merz to become the next chancellor of our country,” he added.
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1 week ago |
jsonline.com | Kirsti Knolle |Madeline Chambers
BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor on Tuesday in a major blow that threw politics in Europe's largest economy once more into disarray. Merz, 69, who led his CDU/CSU conservatives to a federal election victory in February and signed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), won just 310 votes in the secret ballot in the lower house, the Bundestag, six short of an absolute majority.
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1 week ago |
shreveporttimes.com | Kirsti Knolle |Madeline Chambers
BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor on Tuesday in a major blow that threw politics in Europe's largest economy once more into disarray. Merz, 69, who led his CDU/CSU conservatives to a federal election victory in February and signed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), won just 310 votes in the secret ballot in the lower house, the Bundestag, six short of an absolute majority.
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usatoday.com | Kirsti Knolle |Madeline Chambers
BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor on Tuesday in a major blow that threw politics in Europe's largest economy once more into disarray. Merz, 69, who led his CDU/CSU conservatives to a federal election victory in February and signed a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), won just 310 votes in the secret ballot in the lower house, the Bundestag, six short of an absolute majority.
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