Germany’s President Dissolves Parliament After Collapse of Scholz’s Coalition, Setting Elections for February

The campaign is well underway, with polls showing Scholz’s party trailing the conservative opposition Union bloc led by Friedrich Merz.

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Germany's president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at Berlin, December 27, 2024. S'ren Stache/dpa via AP

FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for February 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Scholz’s coalition, saying it was the only way to give the country a stable government capable of tackling its problems.

Mr. Scholz lost a confidence vote on December 16 and leads a minority government after his unpopular and notoriously rancorous three-party coalition collapsed on November 6 when he fired his finance minister in a dispute over how to revitalize Germany’s stagnant economy.

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