Five things to know about Germany’s government crisis
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he will ask for a vote of confidence in December, setting the path for an early election in February. His three-party coalition government collapsed last week.
The coalition’s breakdown followed weeks of internal disputes over how to boost the economy that until recently was considered Europe’s economic powerhouse.Germany’s economy has been shrinking for the past two years in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, war in Ukraine and competition from China. Scholz’s fractious coalition failed to find a way forward on some key issues.
Tariffs would deal a sharp blow to German exports and serve another painful setback to an economy that had long been powered by cheap and plentiful energy from Russia and large export markets.Scholz told parliament that he would submit a request for a vote of confidence on Dec. 11 so that the Bundestag can decide on it on Dec. 16. Until then, his Social Democrats and the Greens will lead Germany in a minority government.
Friedrich Merz, the head of the main opposition party in parliament, the center-right Christian Democrats, was officially nominated as candidate by his party in September. The party is currently leading the polls, and Merz is likely to become Germany’s next chancellor. The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has said it would nominate party leader Alice Weidel next month as their candidate.
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