About three years after taking office, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) asked the Bundestag for a vote of confidence on Monday (see video above). He wants to bring about new elections on February 23. It is considered unlikely that Scholz will survive the vote against his will.
Since the resignation of FDP Finance Minister Christian Lindner and the resulting departure from the traffic light coalition, his government no longer has a majority in parliament. The current government consists of the SPD and the Greens.
If he does not get a majority in the Bundestag, Scholz will go to Bellevue Palace after Monday’s meeting and propose to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dissolve the Bundestag. He then has 21 days to decide whether he agrees and will call new elections within 60 days. Consent is considered certain.
Will still be the best candidate
The federal elections were originally scheduled for September 28, 2025. The new date should be February 23.
Scholz was elected his party’s top candidate on Saturday. 109 of the 120 deputies voted for him in Potsdam. Eight delegates voted against. In his constituency in Potsdam, the politician will face German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of the Greens.
His party’s priorities in the election campaign will be an increase in the minimum wage to 15 euros, affordable rents and low energy prices. The SPD currently receives only 17 percent of the vote in surveys, putting it in third place – behind the Union and the AfD.
Source: Krone
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