Scholz had called the vote to deliberately lose it following the collapse of his coalition government
Olaf Scholz will now ask the president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to dissolve parliament and formally call new elections, already pencilled in for 23 February.Olaf Scholz will now ask the president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to dissolve parliament and formally call new elections, already pencilled in for 23 February.Olaf Scholz has lost a historic vote of confidence in the German parliament, paving the way for early national elections following the collapse of his government.
The embattled chancellor required 367 votes of no confidence on Monday to succeed in his aim, and in the end 394 MPs obliged him. There were 207 yes votes, and 116 abstentions. Scholz’s three-way “traffic light” coalition collapsed in November after the pro-business Free Democrats quit in protest over the
Germany, he said, faced a tough period if it wanted to overcome its extensive economic challenges. Germans would need to work harder, he said, as he promised fiscal rewards for those who decided to put off retirement to participate in what he called a necessary “massive national exertion drive”. Alice Weidel, head of the AfD, used the occasion to attack the previous coalition for what she called its “failed migration policy”, demanding the “immediate return” of Syrian refugees and labelling them as “Islamist terrorists”.Whilst in a caretaker role, Scholz is under pressure to obtain opposition backing for a number of measures authored by his government considered urgent for progress in Europe’s largest economy. .
Due to Germany’s history of unstable, fleeting administrations that contributed considerably to the Nazis’ coming to power almost a century ago, checks and balances are now in place to ensure new elections cannot be called without considerable care and deliberation.
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