Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a confidence vote in the German parliament that he’s expected to lose. That will pave the way for the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy to hold an early election in February.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to face a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, a motion he tabled after the collapse of his centre-left coalition government to trigger early elections on February 23.

By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany's parliament on Monday to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first formal step towards securing early elections following his government's collapse.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a confidence vote on Monday he is expected to lose, paving the way for which will likely to put Germany on course for a snap election early next year, after the collapse of his governing coalition plunged the country into uncertainty.

Germany's embattled Chancellor Olaf Scholz will face parliament Monday to trigger the process towards February 23 elections, in the hope that he can weather a political crisis and win a second term.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called a confidence vote following the collapse of his coalition government. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces confidence vote in Bundestag The vote paves the way for snap elections on February 23 Scholz's Social Democrats are trailing behind Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union in polls.