12 May 2025

Europe correspondent Thomas Sparrow in Germany

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 12 May 2025
Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and his party's main candidate for Chancellor, casts his ballot for general elections on February 23, 2025 in Arnsberg, western Germany. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann / AFP)

Germany's chancellor Friedrich Merz Photo: SASCHA SCHUERMANN / AFP

The new German Government was elected this week. Who is the new Chancellor? And what are the new government's priorities?

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