Germany’s opposition conservatives urged the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, to allow a vote of confidence immediately and hold elections in January, after his rocky three-way coalition collapsed and plunged the country into political chaos. The coalition fell apart when years of tensions reached their peak in a row over how to plug a multi-billion-euro hole in the budget and how to revive Europe’s largest economy, which is heading for its second year of contraction
German government collapses after Olaf Scholz sacks finance minister
Olaf Scholz faces calls for confidence vote after German coalition collapses
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