Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, early election expected in February

Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, faced political dismay Monday, being unable to win a confidence vote in the German federal parliament, the Bundestag. Scholz, head of a minority government, counted only 207 lawmakers in the 733-seat lower house against 394 voting against him while 116 abstained. This sample size means he is far from the required 367 votes for a majority. The Scholz government had been weakened ever since, after the collapse of his three-party coalition in November due to a serious disagreement on reviving Germany's economy, which saw the finance minister being fired.

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