2nd LD Writethru: German Chancellor Scholz loses confidence vote, snap elections to follow

NAMPA / Xinhua
2024-12-16
BERLIN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost in a vote of confidence in the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, on Monday. The move would dissolve Scholz's minority coalition government and trigger a process that would lead to early federal elections. The confidence vote saw 207 parliament members expressing confidence in Scholz, with 394 voting against him and 116 abstaining. Such a vote has not taken place in Ge......
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