Chancellor Scholz falls into minority coalition after losing confidence vote
“The only way to form a stable government to solve national problems”
Major political parties agree to hold early general elections on February 23 next year
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament and ordered new elections to be held on February 23 next year following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling coalition on the 27th.
Prime Minister Scholz lost the vote of confidence on the 16th. In a situation where popularity has declined and the animosity between the members of the three-party coalition has increased, the coalition collapsed on November 6 after the then Finance Minister Christian Lindner was fired due to differences of opinion over ways to revitalize the stagnant German economy, leaving a minority coalition. had led the
Afterwards, Germany’s major political parties agreed that early general elections should be held on February 23 next year, seven months earlier than originally scheduled.
Since Germany’s post-World War II constitution does not allow the Bundestag to dissolve itself, it is up to the president to decide whether to dissolve parliament and hold elections.
After Chancellor Scholz lost the confidence vote, President Steinmeier was given three weeks to decide whether to dissolve parliament. Once parliament is dissolved, elections must be held within 60 days.
President Steinmeier said this was the only way to have a stable government that could solve the problem.
He went on to warn against external interference in voting, saying: “External interference, whether covert, as we saw in the recent Romanian elections, or overt, as is currently being done with particular focus on Platform X, is dangerous for democracy.”
[프랑크푸르트(독일)=AP/뉴시스]
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