And away they go.
Germany’s head of state started the countdown to a general election on Friday by dissolving the country’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag.
“I have decided to dissolve the 20th German Bundestag to fix the date for an early election for February 23rd,” German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a speech and added that “political stability in Germany is a precious asset.”
Steinmeier’s decision follows a request to do so after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence in the legislature on December 16.
Steinmeier set the date for the new election for February 23.
Recently deposed Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Social Democrat (SPD) leader, still thinks he has a shot at regaining his perch, but the chances of that are as slim as they were for him surviving the no-confidence vote that cost him the job in the first place. The…
