The world this week: Politics

economist.com/the-world-this-week/2025/05/08/politics

Friedrich Merz visited Paris and Warsaw, a day after the German Bundestag officially voted to approve him as Germany’s new chancellor. It took two rounds of votes among MPs to confirm Mr Merz in the job, a setback that may dent his authority. He is the first person in the country’s…

This story appeared on economist.com, 2025-05-08 13:01:04.
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