(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, APR 14 - German lawmakers will gather in
early May to elect Friedrich Merz as chancellor after his
conservative bloc sealed a coalition agreement with the main
centre-left party, the Bundestag said Monday. The president of
the assembly, Julia Kloeckner was "preparing to convene the
German Bundestag for the election of the federal chancellor...
on Tuesday, May 6", the parliament said in a statement. The date
was "subject to the parties' approval of the coalition
agreement" and Merz's nomination by the German federal
president, the parliament said. Both steps were expected to be a
formality after Merz's conservative bloc, the CDU/CSU, and his
future governing partners, the centre-left Social Democrats
(SPD), settled on a coalition agreement last week. Merz's
confirmation as chancellor will mark the realisation of a
long-held dream for the conservative leader, who suffered
multiple setbacks on his way to the top of German politics.
(ANSA-AFP).
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