German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under increasing pressure to speed up the vote on a vote of confidence in his government, writes Reuters. According to his earlier announcements, it was to take place in mid-January, but on Sunday the head of the German government admitted that he was willing to submit an application in this matter before Christmas. The vote could pave the way for early elections after the ruling coalition collapsed.
After the collapse of the government coalition Germanya key country in the European Union, are in a deep impasse. Government coalition SPD/Greens/FDP Chancellor Olaf Scholz fell apart less than a year before the end of his term.
Scholz lost his majority in parliament and his government became a minority government. The Chancellor announced that before he submits a motion of confidence in parliament on January 15, which is a condition for calling early elections, he intends to push through several outstanding bills in the Bundestag, including the pension reform and asylum law, as well as the tax law.
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Scholz “under increasing pressure”
However, as Reuters writes, there are voices in the government coalition that the confidence vote should take place sooner, in December, and the head of government is therefore under “increasing pressure”.
The agency recalls the position of two prominent Green activists – Anton Hofreiter and Irene Mihalic, who remain with the Social Democrats in the minority government. Hofreiter and Mihalic are – according to Reuters – so far the most expressive people who have publicly admitted that the elections should be held sooner than the chancellor suggested. The opposition CDU, led by Friedrich Merz, also wants elections in January.
“Olaf Scholz should announce the confidence vote in December so that everything can be clarified before Christmas and the New Year,” Hofreiter said in an interview with the Bild daily.
On Sunday evening, the head of the German government himself spoke on this matter. He said he was willing to submit a motion for a vote of confidence before Christmas.
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Habeck wants to be a candidate for chancellor. CSU leader: it's a mockery
On Friday, Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Economy Robert Habeck announced that he wanted to be the Green Party's candidate for chancellor.
On Saturday, the head of the Christian Democrat CSU party and Prime Minister of Bavaria, Markus Soeder, commented on this declaration. – The fact that the Minister of Economy from the Greens, who is responsible for the economic disaster and the collapse of industry, announced himself as a candidate for chancellor is a mockery of voters. This is not what humility looks like – he said in an interview with the Bild daily. Soeder categorically rejects a coalition with the Greens. – None of those who caused this defeat can be part of the new federal government – said the politician.
The Greens currently have about 10 percent support, and the Christian Democratic union CDU/CSU has just over 30 percent and is leading in polls.
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