A no-confidence vote would pave the way for early elections.
Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that he is ready to organize a vote of confidence in the Bundestag on the continuation of the government already before Christmas. He has previously said he plans to hold it in mid-January.
A no-confidence vote would pave the way for early elections. With the original schedule proposed by Scholz, they could have been held by the end of March.
The liberal party FDP, which has moved from the government to the opposition, has demanded that a vote of confidence be held in the beginning of the week, when early elections could be held as early as January.
The government coalition led by Olaf Scholz, formed by the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Liberal Democrats, collapsed in Germany last Wednesday. The reason was disagreements on financial issues. The parties could not reach an agreement on how to close the gap of one billion euros in the 2025 budget.
Sources: Reuters, AFP