Friedrich Merz will become the German chancellor after securing a vote in the Bundestag on Tuesday afternoon, following a previous embarrassing defeat that caused political turmoil in Berlin.
The conservative leader, who has been weakened by the unprecedented first round setback, secured 325 votes in the dramatic second round — just above the 316 needed to win, News.Az reports citing Politico.
The 69-year-old now takes the helm of a fragile coalition between the conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). The coalition will hold one of the slimmest parliamentary majorities since World War II, with just 52 percent of seats.
