The Deputy Speaker of the Bundestag (the lower house of the German parliament) Bodo Ramelow called on his party colleagues from the parliamentary group of the “Left“ to cooperate in quickly holding a new vote to confirm Friedrich Merz as Chancellor of Germany, “Reuters” reported, quoted by BTA.
In the first vote, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) failed to gather the necessary support - he did not receive six votes to be elected.
“We hope that there will be another vote within the plenary session tomorrow (Wednesday)“, Ramelow said in an interview with “Phoenix“ television.
According to the German constitution, if the candidate for chancellor does not receive an absolute majority in the first vote, the next votes within 14 days can be held with a simple majority requirement, “Reuters“ recalls.