Germany's Merz becomes chancellor after surviving historic vote failure
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The conservative leader is sworn in, having won a parliament vote to become chancellor at the second attempt.

Germany’s conservative leader has unexpectedly fallen short of the numbers needed to form a majority in parliament to become chancellor.

Friedrich Merz needed 316 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag but only secured 310, in a significant blow to the Christian Democrat leader, two and a half months after winning Germany’s federal elections.

Two and a half months, they weren’t joking about slow German bureaucracy 😱

  • Realitätsverlust@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    11 months ago

    It was most likely a signal from his own party that they do not 100% support him - he’s just the only option there is right now.

    • tauren@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Merz confirmed as new German chancellor. 325 votes in favour, more than 316 required. 289 against, one abstention, three invalid votes.

    • Synapse@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’m not that deeply into German politics, but I would guess: the CDU/CSU compromise with their “values” and start proposing positions in the next government to the AfD, so they can get votes from them.

      • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Absolutely not. The coalition has the votes. They will definitely not reach out to AfD. This would make no sense at all. There will be another vote. After they realize what fools they made of themselves/decide they made their point everyone will vote to approve him.

        • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
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          11 months ago

          The AfD could obliterate trust in him by voting for him, though.
          No one would believe he didn’t make a deal with them, since he has leaned on them for a vote against the former government twice already, causing a huge scandal.

          • denial@feddit.orgEnglish
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            11 months ago

            I don’t think so. Everyone knows he has the votes so he doesn’t need the afd for this.

    • gusgalarnyk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Merz is bad for the working class and for Germany. Every day out of power is a good day for the world.

      • volvoxvsmarla @lemm.eeEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I still can’t believe that we went from 16 years of stillstand under CDU to finally some progress under SPD-Grüne-FDP, just for it to be sabotaged by Merz with his stupid lawsuit, which then got FDP into their anal power play and somehow Lindner managed to make his solely Lindner focussed politics even more solely Lindner focussed, and then collectively decided yeah, that government didn’t solve world hunger, injustice, climate change and international wars within 3 years, fuck them, let’s go back to CDU.

        And now Spahn, that fuckface, is Fraktionsvorsitzender. This means de facto he will be chancellor down the road. That AfD ballsucking fucktard. Watching the world burn for personal political gain. (Also looking at you, Amthor.)