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Germany is expected to hold early elections on February 23

Germany is expected to hold early elections on February 23

Germany is expected to hold snap elections on February 23, eleven weeks after the collapse of the governing coalition, and sources say the Social Democrats, Greens and conservatives have reached a compromise on timing.

Opposition parties want elections as early as January, and have warned that Germany risks being left without a rudder at a time of economic crisis, and at a time when Donald Trump's victory in the United States poses new diplomatic challenges.

However, Scholz has warned that elections in January could strain the electoral authority during the holidays and that parties could end up unprepared.

In order to organize the new elections, Scholz must call a vote of confidence and lose it in the Parliament.

The time of holding such a session is not known, but local media have reported that it will be possible to organize it in mid-December.

Scholz, who currently leads a minority Government with the support of the Greens, hopes to secure enough support to pass laws to protect the Constitutional Court from the far right, and to allocate funds to Ukraine before leaving the country. prime minister's office.

His government fell after several months of disagreements between the ruling parties, and everything ended when the neoliberals, the Free Democrats, demanded budget cuts, which the left-wing partners could not agree on./ REL

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