German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he'll hold a vote of confidence in parliament next month ahead of election next year

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

The proposed date for a federal vote comes nearly a week after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats and opposition lawmakers are close to an agreement on holding an early election in February, according to government officials familiar with the talks,

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way forward for an early parliamentary election in February. Scholz declared his plans for a vote of confidence during a speech in parliament on Wednesday,

A political crisis continues in Germany. On December 16, the Bundestag will vote on a confidence motion for Olaf Scholz's government. On Wednesday, the German Chancellor announced that he would officially request the Bundestag to vote on his government’s confidence motion on December 11.

After public bickering between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the opposition, he and the Christian Democratic leader have settled on a new date for a confidence vote. Potential ensuing snap elections would force a new governing coalition,