Germany is set to hold a snap election on February 23 after an agreement was reached among parties in the country’s fractured parliament on Tuesday. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) said that the main parties had agreed on the ...

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Germany is set to hold a federal election on Feb. 23, according to sources within the parliamentary group of Scholz' social democratic party (SPD). This is earlier than Chancellor Olaf Scholz had originally proposed after his ruling coalition collapsed last week.

The decision follows a budget fight that prompted Chancellor Olaf Scholz to fire his finance minister and announce a confidence vote that is widely expected to fail.

German media are reporting that Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to ask for a vote of confidence in his government on Dec. 16.

Parties agree 23 February vote after chancellor torpedoed the coalition government by sacking finance minister.

It’s a particularly bad time for Berlin to be experiencing political paralysis pending the formation of a new government.

Germany's next federal election is expected to take place on February 23, 2025. The opposition has accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of stalling, while others have been arguing that local authorities need time.

Germany is set to hold snap elections on Feb. 23 after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's governing coalition, but officials on Tuesday warned it would leave the 2025 budget and several other policy initiatives in limbo.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has welcomed his party's agreement with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government to hold early elections in February. "February 23 is a good solution," Merz said in Berlin on Tuesday after a meeting with lawmakers from his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party,