{"id":161514,"date":"2025-05-06T23:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T22:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/german-chancellor-friedrich-merz-bounces-back-after-defeat-wins-second-ballot"},"modified":"2025-05-07T00:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T23:24:49","slug":"german-chancellor-friedrich-merz-bounces-back-after-defeat-wins-second-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/german-chancellor-friedrich-merz-bounces-back-after-defeat-wins-second-ballot","title":{"rendered":"German Chancellor: Friedrich Merz bounces back after defeat, wins second ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Friedrich Merz\u2019s bid to become the next German chancellor succeeded during a second vote in parliament.<\/p>\n<p>This came hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Merz, a conservative leader, had been expected to smoothly win the vote to become Germany\u2019s 10th chancellor since World War II.<\/p>\n<p>No candidate for chancellor in postwar Germany has failed to win on the first ballot. During the voting, he got 325 votes in the second ballot.<\/p>\n<p>He needed a majority of 316 out of 630 votes in a secret ballot but only received 310 votes in the first round \u2014 well short of the 328 seats held by his coalition.<\/p>\n<p>There are indications that Merz is still in the lead to take the top job after the government of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapsed last year and a national election was held in February.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his official farewell on Monday, Scholz remains in a caretaker capacity until a new chancellor takes over.<\/p>\n<p>Merz\u2019s coalition is led by his centre-right Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union.<\/p>\n<p>They are joined by Scholz\u2019s center-left Social Democrats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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