Germany’s Scholz to request vote of confidence in December
Al Jazeera
Party leaders agree on dates for the vote of confidence on December 16 and a new election on February 23.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that he will ask for a vote of confidence on December 16, paving the way for early parliamentary elections in February.
The German leader confirmed his plan during a speech in parliament on Wednesday, a week after his three-party coalition government collapsed.
“The date at the end of February has now been set and I am very grateful for that,” Scholz said, adding that he would try to pass important legislation through parliament before that, such as financial support for children of poor families, or amendments to the country’s constitution to make the highest court more resilient to possible political interference.
He said he would submit a request for a vote of confidence on December 11, so that the Bundestag can decide on this on December 16. The chancellor had initially wanted to have an early election only by late March – in advance of the vote that is regularly scheduled for September 2025.
