German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to garner the parliamentary majority needed to become chancellor on Tuesday (May 6) in an unexpected setback for his new coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats.<br /><br />The lower house of parliament, or Bundestag, now has 14 days to elect Merz or another candidate chancellor with an outright majority.<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
