Scholz called for a confidence vote
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| Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany with his cabinet yesterday. Clemens Bilan/EPA, via Shutterstock |
Scholz called for a confidence vote
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany called for a confidence vote in Parliament yesterday, taking the first formal step toward disbanding the German government and leading to snap elections that are likely to oust him from office. He expects to lose the vote.
The collapse of the government and the early election on Feb. 23 amount to an extraordinary political moment in a country long known for stable governments.
Quotable: “In a democracy, it is the voters who determine the course of future politics. When they go to the polls, they decide how we will answer the big questions that lie ahead of us,” Scholz said.

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