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After a turbulent morning, Friedrich Merz managed to convince the opposition (or simply the colleagues of the coalition) that he needs a second opportunity.
The leader of the German conservatives, Friedrich Merz, was this Tuesday elected chancellor In Parliament, Bundestag, after a first failed attempt this morning, advances Lusa.
The conservative had failed most necessary in the first lap of the election for chancellor, with the session to be interrupted. After meetings at the closed door, the parliamentary groups decided to move on with a second lap.
The leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) takes office as 10th Chancellor Post World War II, after reaching a coalition agreement with the SPD social democrats.
Merz recently achieved a coalition with the center-left social democratic party, with whom he celebrated an agreement that promises measures to rekindle the country’s economy, such as the reduction of taxes on companies and energy prices. It also promises strong support for Ukraine and increased military spending, recalls a.
It is not known for sure who, within the coalition with 52% of parliamentary seats, did not vote in Merz, but someone had to do so. The dissidents made the conservative lose by 6 votes, not getting the majority on the morning of Tuesday, in the first vote.
“This government It starts at extreme instability“Commented Bernd Baumann, representative of the far right alternative to Germany, or AFD, in a speech shortly before the second vote.“ And it will remain unstable. This is the opposite of what Germany needs ”, quotes the
On the other hand, the leader of social democrats, who belong to the government coalition, commented that “It is important that Germany has a stable governmentthat we can start working very quickly within reliable structures and we work to ensure that this country is strong and well governed. ”
