Germany's Merz Falls Short In Chancellor Vote

Friedrich Merz fell unexpectedly short of the parliamentary majority needed to become German chancellor on Tuesday in the first round of voting, in a blow to his new coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats.

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Merz, 69, who led his CDU/CSU conservatives to victory in the February 23 election, won 310 votes in the lower house of parliament, Julia Kloeckner, the Bundestag president said.

He needed 316 to secure a majority. A total of 307 voted against him, and there were three abstentions and one invalid ballot. The vote had been widely seen as a formality as his coalition with the SPD has 328 seats in the parliament.

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