On November 10, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with the ARD television channel that he would raise the issue of holding a vote of confidence in the government before Christmas, which is celebrated in Germany on December 25 and 26.
“I will ask the question about a vote of confidence before Christmas, for me it is no problem if everyone sees it that way.” — the Tagesschau portal quotes the politician.
He clarified that he had moved away from his original proposal to hold a vote on January 15 due to the unstable situation in the country and the acute political crisis.
November 8, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz He invited Scholz to present the issue of confidence in the Government to the Bundestag soon. He stressed that with the postponement of this process the Chancellor tries to improve his position in the future electoral campaign.
On November 6, Scholz announced that he would raise the question of a vote of confidence in the Government in the Bundestag in January. On the same day, the ruling Traffic Light coalition, uniting the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), collapsed. The leader of the FDP is the head of the German Finance Ministry Christian Lindner – was also fired on Wednesday. Three more ministers then resigned.
Previously, on November 3, the Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported that 85% of German citizens expressed dissatisfaction with the work of the ruling Traffic Light coalition. According to the survey, the CDU/CSU bloc leads the popularity index of political forces in Germany, Izvestia clarifies.
