Berlin, May 7, 2025 (AFP) - Merz elected German chancellor after surprise setback

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2025-05-07

Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz was due to travel to Paris and Warsaw on Wednesday after winning a nail-biting second parliamentary vote to become chancellor following a first-round setback. Merz, 69, scored an absolute majority of 325 to 289 in the second secret vote in the lower house of parliament to become the new leader of Europe's biggest economy. But his win was bittersweet after the initial defeat pointed to rumblings of disc......

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