Germany: Olaf Scholz ready to submit to a vote of confidence in 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he is ready, under conditions, to submit this year to a vote of confidence by deputies with a view to accelerating the organization of early legislative elections, after the breakdown of his government coalition.

“It is not a problem for me to ask the question of confidence before Christmas” in the Bundestag, if the ruling Social Democratic Party and the conservative opposition agree on this, Olaf Scholz said on Sunday in an interview on public television ARD.

On Wednesday, he mentioned the date of January 15 to raise the question of confidence with legislative elections at the end of March. “I also want this to go quickly,” he said. “Germany urgently needs a new, democratically legitimized government,” he added.

Deadline of 60 days after the vote

After the vote of confidence, which Olaf Scholz is expected to lose, no longer having the majority behind him in Parliament, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will then have 21 days to dissolve the Bundestag and new elections must take place within 60 days.

Since the explosion on Wednesday of the government coalition initially formed by Scholz’s social democrats, environmentalists and liberals, due to deep disagreements over economic policy, pressure has been mounting on the chancellor to quickly organize legislative elections.

Calls have multiplied for the legislative elections to be held as soon as possible, while the challenges are numerous for the largest European economy, on the verge of recession and which fears the consequences of a return of Donald Trump at the head of the States -United.

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