Germany has a new chancellor. Today, members of parliament elected the conservative Friedrich Merz to lead the country’s new government. A history-making moment in German politics — but, many would argue, for all the wrong reasons.
In what would become the first round of voting, Merz came up too short. It took a second round of voting to give Merz the win. An unprecedented moment in German political history. The saying goes: if you don’t succeed at first, try again. That may have worked to become chancellor. Will it work governing Germany?
Chapters:
0:00 Merz’s chaotic first day
1:27 Simon Young, DW Correspondent
5:57 Rosie Birchard, DW Correspondent
9:32 Who Merz is
13:49 Olaf Böhnke, Alliance of Democraies Foundation
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