(Adnkronos) – Friedrich Merz does not reach the absolute majority needed in the first round of voting in Parliament to be elected chancellor of Germany. The CDU leader received 310 votes out of the 630 members of the Bundestag, six less than necessary.
Germany, Merz misses 6 votes, does not reach majority in the first round
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