The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his proposed government approve a coalition agreement reached last week.

The agreement was concluded relatively quickly but still took about six and half weeks, during which the country had been virtually rudderless at a critical moment for Europe.

Two and a half months after Germany's parliamentary election, conservative leader Friedrich Merz is due to be elected as the country's next chancellor on May 6, parliament said on Monday. Julia Klöckner,