6th May 2025 15:29
(Alliance News) - German lawmakers voted for conservative leader Friedrich Merz to become chancellor on Tuesday, in a second-round vote after he suffered a shock defeat in the initial ballot.
In the second round he won 325 votes in the 630-member assembly, with 289 voting against, attaining an absolute majority.
source: AFP
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