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Germany: Merz Loses Initial Parliament Vote to Be Chancellor
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4:32Now PlayingFriedrich Merz suffered a shock setback when he fell short of a majority in an initial vote in the lower house of parliament to confirm him as Germany’s next chancellor, preventing his swearing in on Tuesday and pitching Europe’s biggest economy into uncharted territory. Bloomberg's Oliver Crook reports.
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