Friedrich Merz, the head 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, in the Bundestag.
According to Merz, people are waiting for 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 did not participate in today's session. He is off to the EU summit in Budapest. Earlier, the chancellor sacked Finance Minister Christian Lindner, leader of the Free Democratic Party, which is part of the ruling coalition and announced plans to launch a confidence vote in the government in January 2025.
