Friedrich Merz will not be approved by Parliament
Six votes were missing for Friedrich Merz’s necessary 316 in the German sub -house’s vote on him as Chancellor of the Chancellor in a government where his CDU would be in a coalition with Social Democratic SPD. The result was surprising because the parties have 328 together, that is, 18 members have chosen to defy their party disc.
The next vote is scheduled for May 20 and in terms of constitution there is no far limit to how many can be held, but technically a person can be appointed even without an absolute majority – in short, the candidate with the most votes wins. Tuesday’s outcome is historic in the way that Germany never had to keep even two votes after parties entered into a coalition settlement.
Before the vote had German media told about it as pure formal and how he would later get to President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s residence Schloss Bellevue to receive proper documents and then return to the parliament building Reichstagsgeude to swear in. Now it is instead back to the drawing board within and between the parties.
Meanwhile, the outside world, not least the EU, may continue with a partner in large partners, which has been the case after Olaf Scholz’s government crisis at the end of last year. Germany’s political and economic weight is needed for the Union, especially in the multi -front attack that has since been threatened with the prevailing world order.
