{"id":241207,"date":"2025-05-06T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/germanys-friedrich-merz-suffers-embarrassing-setback-in-bid-to-be-chancellor\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:00:07","slug":"germanys-friedrich-merz-suffers-embarrassing-setback-in-bid-to-be-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/germanys-friedrich-merz-suffers-embarrassing-setback-in-bid-to-be-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Friedrich Merz suffers embarrassing setback in bid to be chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/HDFaU7iHHpY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Germany\u2019s Friedrich Merz suffers embarrassing setback in bid to be chancellor\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HDFaU7iHHpY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s conservative leader Friedrich Merz has suffered an embarrassing setback by failing to secure the required majority in the Bundestag to become Chancellor.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>His Christian Democrats were the largest party after February&#8217;s election and it was thought that a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats would enable him to lead Germany.<br \/>\nHis failure is unprecedented in modern times and the German parliament has 14 days to choose a chancellor.<br \/>\nThe second largest party, the far-right Alternative for Deutschland, called for fresh elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany&#8217;s conservative leader Friedrich Merz has suffered an embarrassing setback by failing to secure the required majority in the Bundestag to become Chancellor. 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