Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis.

Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis.

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German conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected chancellor in a second round of voting after a dramatic day in Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag.

A total of 325 lawmakers voted in favor of Merz this time around, bringing him over the necessary 316 threshold.