German leader set to ask for Dec. 16 confidence vote, paving way for election as early as February

Germany is preparing for early elections in the face of the expected end of the government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz after the collapse of the tripartite coalition.The elections ahead of the Bundestag are scheduled for February 23, as agreed by the parliamentary groups of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the conservative CDU/CSU union, sources of the (SPD) reported on Tuesday, November 12.However, the date needs confirmation by the Germ…

In the new election, which is scheduled to take place on February 23, 2025, a new electoral law will apply for the first time, but the so-called basic mandate clause will remain. Bavaria's Prime Minister Söder is questioning the future of the Deutschlandticket.

After days of dispute over the election date, the Union and the SPD have reached an agreement: The next Bundestag is to be elected on February 23. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to ask the question of confidence on December 16. An overview.

The challenge of organizing snap elections in Germany

The timing of Germany's next election has become the subject of an increasingly embittered political debate that has dragged in the federal election administrator, the managing director of the country's biggest ballot paper printing company, and even the head of Germany's paper industry association. Public broadcaster ARD reported on Tuesday morning that the governing center-left Social Democrats (SPD) and the opposition center-right Christian D…

When will Olaf Solz ask for a vote of confidence to be followed by the relevant vote in the Bundestag and the dissolution of the Parliament by Steinmeier

Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to ask the Bundestag a vote of confidence in December. What does that mean? How does the process work? Answers at a glance.