Pistorius warns against seeking those guilty for Merz not being elected Chancellor on first try

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius criticized the fact that a second round of voting was needed to elect Friedrich Merz as the new Federal Chancellor, however, he warned against finding the guilty.

This is reported by Tagesschau.

"It was unnecessary and superfluous, we could have done without it," Pistorius said, speaking about Merz's election on the second ballot.

However, the result of the second ballot was "clear."

"Now we must start working," Pistorius stressed.

It is reported that he also warned against blaming others for the unprecedented event in German history in the Chancellor election.

"Speculating about the reasons will not help now. I would like to look to the future," he said.

Not receiving support on the first try is a first for post-war Germany. It also cast doubt on Merz's planned trips to France and Poland as the new Chancellor on Wednesday.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on May 6, German Chancellor candidate and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, failed to win the first round of voting in the Bundestag.

However, Merz received the required majority in the second round and became Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.