German designated Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and Bundestag parliamentary group leader of the CDU Jens Spahn sit next to Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), following the announcement of the result as Merz fails to be elected chancellor by German parliament, on the day of a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag to elect the new German chancellor, in Berlin, Germany May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch