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

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Merz secured the necessary absolute majority to succeed Olaf Scholz in a hastily organized second round, receiving 325 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament.

Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor of Germany after facing a historic loss in the Bundestag. In the second round, 325 lawmakers voted for Merz, bringing him past the 316-vote threshold.

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