Shocking defeat for Germany’s Friedrich Merz as bid to become Chancellor fails in Parliament

CDU leader Merz needed a majority of 316 out of 630 votes but only received 310 despite his coalition holding 328 seats; a candidate for Chancellor has never failed to win on the first ballot since the end of World War II

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