The German Bundestag held a vote of confidence in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government. This took place more than a month after the collapse of the so-called traffic light coalition, ZDF reports. In the vote in the Bundestag,

Chancellor Olaf Scholz failed a confidence vote in the Bundestag on Dec. 16, paving the way for early parliamentary elections scheduled for Feb. 23.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes his decision to put a confidence vote to parliament will allow voters to "set the political course" of Germany, as he faced lawmakers ahead of Monday's vote widely expected to trigger early elections on February 23.