Germany’s conservative leader has unexpectedly fallen short of the numbers needed to form a majority in parliament to become chancellor.
Friedrich Merz needed 316 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag but only secured 310, in a significant blow to the Christian Democrat leader, two and a half months after winning Germany’s federal elections.
Two and a half months, they weren’t joking about slow German bureaucracy 😱
Worst possible outcome would be if in the 2nd vote he gets a majority that shows all of the far right AfD voted for him, too.
Especially since he already did a back room deal to get their support in a vote before.
No one would believe him when he says he didn’t make a deal with them.