May 6, 2025 | Reading time: 12 min.
AM Morning the world is still in order under the dome of the Reichstag building. Julia Klöckner, the new parliamentary president, warns the MPs not to take pictures of the filled out ballot papers. This violates the secret of the election. It is shortly after nine, and at that time it is still a day when everything seems to be regulated. Friedrich Merz is to be elected tenth Chancellor. In Bellevue Castle, Frank-Walter Steinmeier is waiting to hand over the certificate of appointment to the new Chancellor.
