{"id":204466,"date":"2024-12-17T00:04:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T00:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/early-german-elections-what-issues-will-dominate-the-campaign-trail-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T00:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T00:04:03","slug":"early-german-elections-what-issues-will-dominate-the-campaign-trail-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/early-german-elections-what-issues-will-dominate-the-campaign-trail-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Early German elections: What issues will dominate the campaign trail? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/oSAforWPY8U\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Early German elections: What issues will dominate the campaign trail? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oSAforWPY8U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote in the parliament<br \/>\nThe move paves the way for snap elections, which are now planned for late February.<br \/>\nScholz&#8217;s governing coalition collapsed after one of his two junior partners, the liberal Free Democrats (FDP), quit the Social Democrat led government last month. The two parties had long sparred over economic policy, prompting Scholz to fire FDP leader and finance minister Christian Lindner. It was the final straw for the coalition after months of internal squabbling.<br \/>\nAfter Scholz lost his majority in parliament, the opposition conservatives &#8211; who currently lead the opinion polls &#8211; pressured the Chancellor to speed up his plan to call a confidence vote.<br \/>\nIt is only the fifth of its kind in the country&#8217;s postwar history.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Germany&#8217;s Scholz loses confidence vote<br \/>\n03:45 Michaela K\u00fcfner, DW Chief Political Editor<br \/>\n12:34 Matthew Karnitschnig, Chief Europe Correspondent, POLITICO<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and background information on the German election 2025 go to our dedicated page: https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-election-2025\/t-70794502<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote in the parliament The move paves the way for snap elections, which are now planned for late February. Scholz&#8217;s governing coalition collapsed after one of his two junior partners, the liberal Free Democrats (FDP), quit the Social Democrat led government last month. 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