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Germany's Scholz Loses Confidence Vote, Triggering Path to Snap Elections

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany has lost a vote of confidence in the German parliament, marking a significant development in the country's political landscape. The vote, which took place on a Monday, resulted in a margin of 394 lawmakers opposing Scholz, while 207 voted in his favor, with 116 abstaining. This tally fell short of the majority required for Scholz to win the confidence vote, effectively leaving him without a parliamentary majority.

  1. DE
    Timo Chrupalla
    Alternative for Germany
    1. Three years of decline and you're asking for a four-year extension – that's what I call nerve.
  2. DE
    Friedrich Merz
    Christian Democratic Union
    1. But apparently your respect stops when it comes to other political opinions.
    2. We will do nothing that jeopardizes our own security.
    3. You had your chance, but you did not use it … You, Mr Scholz, do not deserve confidence.
    4. It is embarrassing how you acted in the European Union.
    5. Olaf Scholz was not able to lead the coalition successfully as chancellor.
  3. DE
    Christian Lindner
    Free Democratic Party
    1. Olaf Scholz showed again today that he has no strength for fundamental changes – his answers completely fail to address the deep problems of inadequate fitness for economic competition.
  4. DE
    Robert Habeck
    Green Party
    1. We were annoyed with each other and the traffic light coalition in many ways deserved its bad reputation.
  5. DE
    Bärbel Bas
    Social Democratic Party
    1. We have reached the end of our daily agenda, and also of the traffic light coalition.
  6. DE
    Frank-Walter Steinmeier
    Social Democratic Party
    1. I hope we will follow tradition and have a stable government within a reasonable time frame.
  7. DE
    Olaf Scholz
    Social Democratic Party of Germany
    1. Our country has so much that's good in it.
    2. It is high time to invest powerfully and decisively in Germany.
    3. If the president follows my proposal, voters will be able to elect a new Bundestag on February 23, that is my goal.
    4. We are a country that goes to work every day, a country that sticks together and places cohesion over division, a country whose best days are not behind it but rather ahead of it.
    5. My goal is to bring the federal election forward.
    6. The election is probably coming at a very good time for the AfD… this is a moment when many people are generally very unhappy with the government, so they kind of want to make a point and vote for an extreme party to show how unhappy they are.
    7. Shortsightedness might save money in the short term, but the mortgage on our future is unaffordable.
    8. Today a highly armed nuclear power is waging war in Europe just two hours' flight from here. We must invest massively in our security and defense.
    9. The election will determine whether we, as a strong country, dare to invest strongly in our future; do we have confidence in ourselves and our country, or do we put our future on the line?
  8. DE
    Leonie Von Randow
    Die Welt
    1. It is probably the end of his political career.

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sources

  1. 1.DW News
  2. 2.CNN
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.The Washington Post
  5. 5.South China Morning Post
  6. 6.The Guardian
  7. 7.The Times
  8. 8.Le Monde
  9. 9.CNA News
  10. 10.The New York Times
  11. 11.The Times of India
  12. 12.Daily Sabah

perspectives

  1. 1.Election
  2. 2.Immigration to Europe
  3. 3.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
  4. 4.European Energy Market
  5. 5.Scholz Coalition in Germany
  6. 6.Terrorist Attacks in Europe
  7. 7.Schengen Area
  8. 8.Common Agricultural Policy

countries

  1. 1.ChinaCN
  2. 2.GermanyDE
  3. 3.Russian FederationRU
  4. 4.Syrian Arab RepublicSY
  5. 5.UkraineUA

organizations

  1. 1.Bundestag
  2. 2.Alternative for GermanyDE
  3. 3.Green Party
  4. 4.Social Democratic Party
  5. 5.Christian Democratic Union
  6. 6.Free Democratic PartyDE
  7. 7.Christian Social Union
  8. 8.European Union
  9. 9.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  10. 10.Bündnis Sahra WagenknechtDE
  11. 11.Bavarian Christian Socialist Union
  12. 12.BlackRock

persons

  1. 1.Olaf ScholzDE
  2. 2.Frank-Walter SteinmeierDE
  3. 3.Friedrich MerzDE
  4. 4.Alice WeidelDE
  5. 5.Angela MerkelDE
  6. 6.Robert HabeckDE
  7. 7.Gerhard Schroder
  8. 8.Christian LindnerDE
  9. 9.Bärbel BasDE
  10. 10.Donald TrumpUS
  11. 11.Joe BidenUS
  12. 12.Sahra WagenknechtDE

technicals

  1. 1.World War II
  2. 2.Bellevue Palace
  3. 3.Nazism
  4. 4.Basic Law
  5. 5.Cold War
  6. 6.Islam