Friedrich Merz only in the second ballot Chancellor – the presses

Friedrich Merz took two elections to be elected as the new Chancellor by the MPs in the Bundestag. He was missing 18 votes on the first attempt.

A scenario that has never existed in Germany and with which hardly anyone had expected before. Friedrich Merz received a hard dampers before he had even taken office. The press sees the new Chancellor in a difficult position accordingly.

“Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger”: “The Chancellor, elected in the second attempt, will take his office out of the defensive. After this dramatic day, it is struck. This makes the implementation of the promise of departure, change of politics and the new functionality of the state all the more difficult. It remains to be hoped that the government’s 100-day program will also ignite. At every opportunity, the Bundestag will test whether the government will have to fight its own majority. “

“Stuttgarter Zeitung”: “The murdered first act of the chancellor’s election is a democratic attempt to suicide. The only democratic coordination itself was. The intentions of the destructive minority from the circle of coalition fractions, on the other hand, were to a high degree of democratic, even more harmful to democracy. The ‘politics are constantly talking about a corrupt theater.

“Volksstimme”: “Will Germany become an unsoverible country? This certainly has to go wrong than the almost failed Merz election. But a menetel for further loss of order was the disaster: in the first round, Friedrich Merz failed-a premiere in the history of democracy of the Federal Republic. What should it be in the next four years. Klingbeil. Interesting in the government alliance.

“Nürnberger Nachrichten”: “Simply going to the agenda is forbidding. The country is in a crisis and has already been damaged. The situation is serious. Many conversations with the deviations are necessary. CDU, CSU and SPD must now ensure unity in their own ranks, otherwise this alliance ends as prematurely as the traffic light government. It was precisely this unity before the chancellor’s choice was a big mistake! Reasons to vote against your own chancellor.

“Augsburger Allgemeine”: “If this day can have something good at all, it is: Merz has to realize that he cannot continue. What has been noticeable in the past few weeks is the absolute self -certainty that one could almost say Hybris, with which Merz announces pithy decisions – just to reject or admit it immediately that his procedure was not properly thought.”

“Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung”: “The most sustainable lie of the Nazi era remains the term ‘seizure of power’. Adolf Hitler did not take power on January 30, 1933. It was presented to him. It was the democrats themselves who put democracy in the hands of the Nazis. And that remains unforgivable. This scenario was again threatening again yesterday above the sky of the Berlin government center: a handful Union and SPD risked the state of the sector (…

“Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”: “At least 18 members of the coalition parties did not vote for Merz. They not only damaged him, but also all in the management levels of the CDU, CSU and SPD, which had occurred for the black-red coalition. (…) Possibly some of the deviators did not want Merz, but ‘only’ did not get the full number of voices. Political GAU, the greatest impact on the country and its people, is only to take care of the main task of the group leader. “

“New Osnabrücker Zeitung”: “Merz is to be deserved – and also the country. With appeasement and the pacifier of clientele interests, with consideration of excessive political correctness and permanent fear of criticism, the government will not be able to win anything. Russia is not a different country or Donald Trump and Corona.