Germany's Merz falls short of majority in vote for chancellorGermany's conservative leader has unexpectedly fallen short of a majority in a parliament vote to become chancellor.
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The Bundestag will now have another 14 days to choose either Merz or another candidate as chancellor with more than half its members.
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Germany's handover of government is carefully choreographed. On the eve of Tuesday's vote, outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz was treated to a traditional Grand Tattoo by an armed forces orchestra.
To be clear, it is
this kind of tattoo.
The original concept of this call was played on the snare drum and was known as "tap-too", with the same rule applying. Later on, the name was applied to more elaborate military performances, known as military tattoos.
Though it would be cool if outgoing chancellors all got skin tattoos.