Merz won confirmation of MPs in a second round of voting after becoming the first ever chancellor candidate to lose in the first round.
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The CDU/CSU will seek a coalition with the SDP, which came third in the national vote.
A look behind the long-term trends following the surprise victory for social democrats in Germany.
Following the German election, all of the country’s major party leaders agreed that Germany needs to move forward. But if the electorate had had its way, it would have re-elected Angela Merkel.
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Reader in Politics, Co-Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University
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Professor at the School of Political Science, Diego Portales University
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of German Studies / Chair, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies / Director, Waterloo Centre for German Studies, University of Waterloo