Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's largest opposition party, CDU, called on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to hold a vote of confidence in the government next Wednesday, November 13. According to Merz, people expect the authorities to hold new elections quickly.
He made such a statement in the German parliament. The opposition leader believes that Scholz, on the contrary, wants to delay the vote of confidence in the government, because it could trigger the procedure of early elections of the Bundestag.
Olaf Scholz himself did not participate in the session today. He left for an EU summit in Budapest. Earlier, the chancellor fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner, the leader of the Free Democratic Party, which was part of the ruling coalition, and announced plans to launch a confidence vote in the government in January 2025. :
