In the Bundestag, Friedrich Merz fails to secure a majority for election as Chancellor of Germany, achieving 310 of the necessary 316 votes.
The Bundestag electsFriedrich Merz, leader ofthe ChristianDemocraticUnion, as the10thChancellor of Germany inthesecondroundofvoting,with325votesoutof the 316 votesnecessary.