Mercs confirmed as a German Chancellor / Day

Mercs unexpectedly did not win enough votes in the first round, when he had to gain an absolute majority of the 630 Bundestag votes, or at least 316 votes, but only 310 voted for him.

In the second round, Mercs received 325 votes.

Voting was considered a formality because Mercca Conservatives (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) in the Bundestag are 328 seats.

After the first round of the vote, the leading politicians in the Bundestag were obviously shocked, and many of them left the meeting room without comment.

There have been assumptions that Mercs were unable to secure a majority in the secret vote, but the SPD sources confirmed to the DPA news agency that its legislators had unanimously supported Mercu.

Conservative leader critics did not hide the joy of this outcome, and Jans Van aken, co -chairman of the left -wing radical party « Die Linke » (left « ) said Mercam was unable to unite but only broken ».

Alice Veidele, the leader of the Eurosceptic Party « Alternative to Germany » (AfD), said the result shows the coalition’s « weak foundation » and requested new elections.

The new government on Tuesday has to take the oath, and the formal farewell ceremony took place on Monday night by the head of government, Olaf Sholz.

It has already been reported that CDU/CSU and SPD signed a coalition agreement on Monday.