a minute agoGerman president disperses parliament, country goes to elections
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(a year ago)German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was asked to disperse parliament by Chancellor Olaf Scholz following the fall of the leader's ruling coalition. Steinmeier now announced he has agreed with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's request to disperse parliament and has set February 23rd as the date for the new elections. Steinmeier was widely expected to meet the date for [...]
Steinmeier now announced he has agreed with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's request to disperse parliament and has set February 23rd as the date for the new elections.
Steinmeier was widely expected to stick to the date agreed on in advance by Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the country's main opposition party, the Christian Democrat Union (CDU), writes euronewsHe's following in on Telegrafie.
The president's decision means that the Germans will head to the ballot boxes in February, a date significantly extended after the government of the ruling coalition collapsed, prompting Scholz to call an unsuccessful vote of confidence.
Otherwise, Bundestag's no-confidence vote against Scholz last Monday was only sixth since 1949 in the country.
This is the third time that the German government's electoral mandate expires prematurely.
