{"id":241235,"date":"2025-05-06T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/friedrich-merz-fails-in-first-round-of-voting-to-become-germanys-next-chancellor\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:00:25","slug":"friedrich-merz-fails-in-first-round-of-voting-to-become-germanys-next-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/friedrich-merz-fails-in-first-round-of-voting-to-become-germanys-next-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Friedrich Merz fails in first round of voting to become Germany&#8217;s next chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4oitC2YRbf0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Friedrich Merz fails in first round of voting to become Germany's next chancellor\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4oitC2YRbf0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Friedrich Merz&#8217;s bid to become Germany&#8217;s next chancellor has unexpectedly failed in the first round of parliamentary voting.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Merz, leader of the country&#8217;s CDU\/CSU conservatives, is hoping to become the 10th chancellor since the end of the Second World War. 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