After the collapse of the current government coalition, the date finally agreed between the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats represents a middle ground between the proposals of both.
Germany’s main parties, the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats, have agreed that the next parliamentary elections will take place on February 23a middle ground between the original calendar proposed by the chancellor, Olaf Scholzand the progress claimed by the main opposition leader, the Conservative Friedrich Merz.
After the collapse of the current governing coalition, Scholz initially proposed submitting a vote of confidence to the Bundestag in mid-January, which would have postponed the elections until March. For his part, Merz wanted the executive to immediately test itself in parliament and therefore vote in January.
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) finally agreed this Tuesday that this will be in February, specifically on the 23rd, according to sources from both parties cited by the DPA news agency. According to this new plan The motion of confidence will be voted on on December 16.
Germany was initially going to hold elections September 2025 And opinion polls on voting intentions show that the conservative bloc led by Merz, formally declared the candidate for chancellor, is the clear favorite for victory. They also predict a rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Source: EITB
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