A leader of the German Evangelical Alliance has welcomed the prospect of political stability in the country after days of uncertainty in the Bundestag, Germany’s federal parliament. Conservative leader Friedrich Merz,

Friedrich Merz succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.

While already planned, the trip comes only a day after Merz was elected chancellor by parliament on the second round of voting. His unprecedented failure to succeed on the first round underscored disunity in the coalition of his conservatives and Social Democrats.