CNN —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, according to reports from public broadcaster ARD.
The confidence vote will be held on December 16 following an agreement from all parliamentary parties, according to ARD.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier needs to rubber-stamp the date of the election, but reports suggest this is a formality.
Friedrich Merz, leader of the CDU, said last week, “there is absolutely no reason to wait until January” to call the confidence vote.
His government has grown increasingly unpopular in Germany, with Scholz also one of the least popular chancellors ever, according to a September opinion poll.
Persons:
Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Scholz, Frank, Walter Steinmeier, Steinmeier, Christian Lindner, Friedrich Merz, ”
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CNN, ARD, Green Party, Christian Democratic Union of Germany, CDU, German, Greens
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Germany, Berlin