Friedrich Merz, the guy in charge of Germany's main right-leaning party, got picked by the country's lawmakers to be their new leader on Tuesday. This happened after they tried to vote him in once and it didn't work out, which was a big shock.

Merz not getting the job the first time around was a really weird thing for Germany, something that hasn't happened since after World War Two. It was also a bit embarrassing for him, because he's been saying he'd make Germany's money situation better, especially with all the problems going on in the world right now.

His group, the CDU/CSU, won the big election back in February and they made a deal with the center-left Social Democrats to work together.

Their plan is to make Germany's money situation better by doing things like making companies pay less tax and making energy cheaper. They've also said they'll support Ukraine and spend more money on the military.

Merz, who's 69, started his political life back in 1989 as a European lawmaker. This new job is his first time being in charge of anything in the government, so he's still got to show everyone what he can do.

Only one person from the old government is keeping their job, and that's the guy in charge of the military, Boris Pistorius. Everyone else in Merz's team is new to government work, and a lot of them used to work in regular companies.

Reported by FazTimes Media.

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