Germany’s Merz set to be elected chancellor on May 6, sources say

BERLIN (Reuters) -Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative German party CDU is set to be elected chancellor on May 6, party sources said on Friday.

The conservatives and their centre-left SPD partners had agreed on the date, party sources from both blocs added.

(Reporting by Andreas Rinke, editing by Thomas Seythal and Riham Alkousaa)

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