Berlin, Dec 16, 2024 (AFP) - Germany's Scholz to trigger elections with confidence vote

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2024-12-16

Germany's embattled Chancellor Olaf Scholz will face parliament Monday to trigger the process towards February 23 elections, in the hope that he can weather a political crisis and win a second term. Scholz, 66, whose coalition collapsed last month, has called a confidence vote which he is expected to lose, clearing the way for the dissolution of the Bundestag and a return to the ballot box. Friedrich Merz, 69, the top candidate of the conservativ......

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