New German Chancellor
Friedrich Merz In the second Tuesday's vote of the Bundestag he was elected new chancellor German. According to Deutsche Welle, the politician in the second approach won 325 votes, which allowed him to cross the required threshold of 316 sabers. 289 deputies voted against.
Comments after voting
- “Friedrich Merz elected Federal Chancellor in the second attempt. Germany can for now breathe a sigh of relief “ – wrote Piotr Beniuszys, publicist 'Liberté!'
- “Merz chosen as Chancellor. He succeeded in the second approach,” commented Kamil Marcinkiewicz, a political analyst at the University of Wrocław.
Friedrich Merz elected to the German Chancellor in the 2nd vote. This time he gained 325 votes from 328 at the coalition. 15 more than in the first vote. The media notice that the lack of choice in the first round could be the desire to embrace the nose of the Khadek leader from the SPD center -left part
– I'm writing Cezary Paprzycki political scientist who publishes on TVN24.
- “Deep breath of relief – Friedrich Merz received congratulations at the Bundestag and went to the president to receive the nomination for the anticipated function of the head of the government. Later he will return to the swearing -in and will become the 10th Chancellor of Germany, “wrote Adam Górczewski, a correspondent of the Polish Radio in Berlin.
- “Germany 'They get over it' quickly ' And after a few hours, after the second vote of Friedrich Merz, however, a chancellor ” – we read in the post of international policy analyst Radosław Pyffel.
Merz goes down in history
In the morning vote on Tuesday, the CDU leader received 310 votes, and needed 316. At least five coalition deputies voted against, and four subsequent ones abstained or voted invalid. This first time in history West Germany, when the Chancellor was not elected during the first vote. On Monday, Christian Democrats and Social Democrats signed coalition agreementand the bosses of the grouping announced that despite the protests inside the party, most of them in the Bundestag will vote for “for”. The document contains 144 pages and is entitled “Responsibility for Germany”.
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Sources: Piotr Beniuszys, Kamil Marcinkiewicz, Cezary Paprzycki, Adam Górczewski, Radosław Pyffel