Acting German Chancellor Olaf Sholts said that he did not expect a conservative leader Friedrich Merz to be elected successor as a legal successor of the government as a result of the voting.
"No, it is absurd," said Sholts, answering the Stern Magazine if he expected such a result. Sholts is a member of the German Social-Democratic Party (SPD) with which the Christian Democratic Union of Merz
(CDU) and the Christian-Social Union (CSU) The Alliance has formed a coalition.
According to the magazine, Sholts also took part in the sitting of the SPD faction after the elections. According to I. O., Chancellor said that the incident was "not joy", but he also expressed confidence that the situation could be corrected. Sholts will hold the position of Acting Chancellor before the election of a new government leader.
On Tuesday, the first stage of voting for German Chancellor of Germany took place in the Bundestag. 310 deputies voted for. 336 out of 630 votes needed to be selected.
Such voting is held anonymously, so which one of the SPD and CDU / CSU factions remains unknown (the coalition controls 328 mandates in parliament).
