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Friedrich Merz has officially assumed the role of Germany’s chancellor after securing a majority in the Bundestag’s second round of voting on May 6, 2025. This followed an unexpected setback earlier that day when he failed to obtain the necessary votes in the initial ballot—a first in post-war German history. In the second vote, Merz received 325 votes, surpassing the …

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