No-Confidence Vote: German Chancellor Scholz to ask parliament to clear way for new elections
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany’s parliament on Monday (December 16, 2024) to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first formal step towards securing early elections following his government’s collapse. The departure last month of the neoliberal Free Democrats from the three-way…