Germany's Scholz to submit parliament request to hold confidence vote


FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a statement after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Berlin, Germany December 8, 2024. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set on Wednesday to submit a request to parliament to hold a vote of confidence, the necessary precursor to holding new federal elections after the collapse of his coalition last month.

Policymaking has largely ground to a halt since Scholz's fractious coalition of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP) imploded, leaving him heading a minority government.

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