Berlin, Dec 16, 2024 (AFP) - Under-fire Scholz to trigger German elections with confidence vote

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Germany's embattled centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz traded angry blows with his top rival ahead of a parliament vote Monday that was expected to trigger the process towards February 23 elections. Scholz, 66, whose three-party 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......

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