Formal step taken by Frank-Walter Steinmeier after chancellor Olaf Scholz lost confidence vote in Bundestag
Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has dissolved parliament and called a snap election on 23 February after Olaf Scholz’s fractious three-way coalition collapsed three years into its mandate.
The national vote will come seven months ahead of schedule amid a rocky stretch of unusual political turmoil for the EU’s top economic power, with growth rates flatlining, industry in crisis and the far right on the rise.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/27/germany-president-dissolves-parliament-snap-election
Author : Deborah Cole in Berlin
Publish date : 2024-12-27 12:50:57
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