Berlin, Nov 12 (EFE).- The leaders of Germany’s parliamentary groups, Rolf Mützenich of the governing Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Friedrich Merz of the conservative opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), on Tuesday agreed to hold a snap election in Germany on February 23.
The proposed date still needs to be approved by German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
At a press appearance, Mützenich said a vote of confidence in German chancellor Olaf Scholz would be held on December 16.
“Now we can finally move away from this tiresome discussion about the election date and concentrate on what is ultimately good for our country,” Mützenich said.
Germany is headed for early elections after the tripartite coalition government, which is made up of the SPD, the Greens and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), collapsed last week after Scholz sacked his finance minister, the FDP’s Christian Lindner.
Scholz and Lindner had clashed for months over the national budget.
Following Lindner’s dismissal, the FDP withdrew from the coalition, meaning the government no longer has a parliamentary majority. EFE
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