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==2025 election==
==2025 election==
Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor since [[World War II]] failed by six votes in parliament. Merz needed a majority of 316 out of 630 votes. He only received 310 votes — well short of the 328 seats held by his [[coalition]] with [[Socialist]]s. Because the vote was held by secret ballot, it was not immediately clear — and might never be known — who had defected from Merz’s camp. Merz had excluded the [[conservative populist]] [[Alternative for Germany]], the largest voting bloc in the [[Bundestag]], from a power sharing agreement choosing instead to form a coalition government of his [[Christian Democratic Union]] with the godless [[Social Democratic Party]] which had only recently been voted out of power. In an unprecedented second ballot, Merz received 325 votes. The Merz regime was not expected to last very long.
Merz's bid to become Germany's 10th chancellor since [[World War II]] failed by six votes in parliament. Merz needed a majority of 316 out of 630 votes. He only received 310 votes — well short of the 328 seats held by his [[coalition]] with [[Socialist]]s. Because the vote was held by secret ballot, it was not immediately clear — and might never be known — who had defected from Merz’s camp. Merz had excluded the [[conservative populist]] [[Alternative for Germany]], the largest voting bloc in the [[Bundestag]], from a power sharing agreement choosing instead to form a coalition government of his [[Christian Democratic Union]] with the godless [[Social Democratic Party]] which had only recently been voted out of power. In an unprecedented second ballot, Merz received 325 votes. The Merz regime was not expected to last very long.
==Remilitarization==
When [[US Defense Secretary]] [[Pete Hegseth]] demanded in February 2025 that [[Europe]] take over [[Ukraine aid]] as part of a "division of labor" so the [[US]] can focus on [[China]] while Europe takes a larger role in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]'s [[proxy war]] on [[Russia]], the Merz regime promised to expand [[military]] support for Ukraine.
On March 27, 2025 Merz publicly stated that the decision had been made months ago by the [[United States]], Germany, the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] to transfer German-made long range [[Taurus]] missiles to [[Ukraine]]. The missiles cannot be used without German and [[NATO]] personal to input targeting data. A Ukrainian military blogger, Rezident ua, reported:
{{Cquote|Our source in the OP said that [[Ukraine]] has already received Taurus missiles and is just waiting for permission to deploy them deep into Russian territory. The operation to deploy the missiles in Ukraine was carried out by [[British]] and German [[intelligence service]]s. The targets of the attack are determined by [[NATO]] headquarters in the [[EU]].}}
Russian state media openly called for a pre-emptive attack with [[Oreshnik]] [[ballistic missile]]s on the Taurus missile factory in Germany to disable Taurus missile production capacity for the next 5-7 years.<ref>https://au.news-pravda.com/ukraine/2025/05/28/8657.html</ref>
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==Economic program==
==Economic program==