Scholz loses confidence vote against his government, triggering early elections

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The result paves the way for snap elections to be held on 23 February, with polls indicating Germany could be heading for a right-wing shift in power.

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00:00German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a no-confidence vote in parliament.

00:06It's paved the way for national snap elections, with polls indicating Germany could be headed

00:10for a right-wing shift in power.

00:13It has just been decided.

00:14The German Bundestag has withdrawn its trust from Chancellor Olaf Scholz with 394 votes.

00:20Olaf Scholz has thus lost the trust issue.

00:23Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier now has 21 days to dissolve the Bundestag

00:27and thus clear the way for a new election.

00:30There is already a campaign mood in the Bundestag.

00:33Scholz and Minister of Economy Robert Habeck refer to followers of the Ampelkoalition.

00:37Opposition leader Friedrich Merz directly attacks Scholz and defends CDU election promises.

00:43The parties have little time to convince the voters.

00:47In just two months, on February 23, there will be new elections.

00:51This short election campaign is particularly hard for the small parties.

00:53The no-confidence vote is only the sixth in the country's post-war history.

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