Friedrich Merz expects him to be elected on Tuesday in the first round of voting in the German Federal Assembly on Tuesday (Bundestag). Merz said that all CDU/CSU Conservative Block deputies should participate in the parliament meeting where TASR writes, according to the DPA report.
„Everyone will be present tomorrow. Without exception”Said the designed office. On Monday, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group elected Jensa Spahna as his boss, but several deputies were sick.
Chancellor for election to function needs an absolute majority – 316 out of a total of 630 Bundestag deputies. Merz assumes that “everyone will be present, both among the social Democrats (SPD) and between (CDU/CSU),” and also “that everyone will vote for”. The CDU/CSU and SPD coalition has 328 deputies.
In 1994 he was elected Helmut Kohl (CDU/CSU) with a predominance of only four votes and the vote was without problems. “I assume that this will be the case tomorrow,” Merz said. “In this respect, I do not have to consider alternatives,” he answered the question of what he would do if the majority has won in the first round of the vote.