Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by Jenni Graham
00:14 Julia Klöckner | President of the German Bundestag
00:52 Julia Klöckner | President of the German Bundestag

TEXT:

00:00
+++ATMO Merz
„So wahr mir Gott helfe“+++

00:03
This was the moment he had been waiting for.

But the day got off to a rocky start.

00:09
+++ATMO Merz
„Herzlichen Dank, Herzlichen Dank“+++

00:13
+++SOT Julia Kloeckner, President of the German Bundestag+++
"The member of parliament Friedrich Merz has not received the required majority of at least 316 votes. In accordance with Article 63 paragraph 2 of the constitution, he has not been elected chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany."

00:27
Shockwaves from Berlin, felt all the way in Frankfurt -- as the stock market reacted to the news and ripple effects were felt beyond Germany.

00:37
When Merz's party won the election, he promised stability, increased spending - both domestically, and on defense.

00:44
He said the world wouldn't wait for Germany to step up.

00:48
And, in the second vote...

00:52
+++SOT Julia Kloeckner, President of the German Bundestag+++
"325 votes in favor..."

00:56
... a majority, followed by a trip to see Germany’s president... 

01:01
making Friedrich Merz -- on a day that started with an unexpected defeat -- Germany's 10th chancellor since the Second World War.

ENDS 01:09