German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence in the Bundestag on Monday, December 16, a result desired by the Chancellor which formally opens the way to early legislative elections in February.
Among the deputies present in the lower house of Parliament, 394 voted against confidence while 207 voted for, with 116 abstentions, announced the President of the Bundestag. Olaf Scholz will now ask the head of state, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to dissolve the Bundestag in order to allow the vote to take place on February 23 in Europe’s largest economy.