Germany’s opposition conservatives urged Chancellor Olaf Scholz to allow a vote of confidence immediately and hold elections in January, after his rocky three-way coalition collapsed and plunged the country into political chaos.
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The coalition fell apart when years of tensions reached their peak in a row over how to plug a multi-billion-euro hole in the budget and how to revive Europe’s largest economy, which is headed for its second year of contraction
German government collapses after Olaf Scholz sacks finance minister ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/06/german-government-on-brink-of-collapse-after-olaf-scholz-sacks-finance-minister
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