The Bundestag expressed a vote of no confidence in Olaf Scholz – news 1+1 – World
The majority of deputies spoke in favor of this decision during the roll-call vote.
The Bundestag passed a vote of no confidence Olaf Scholz.
This is reported by Deutsche Welle.
The majority of deputies spoke in favor of this decision during the roll-call vote. 394 deputies refused to trust Scholz, 207 members of the Bundestag supported the chancellor, 116 abstained.
Even before the vote of confidence, CDU leader Friedrich Merz rejected the possibility of creating a coalition with the “Greens” led by chancellor candidate Robert Habek. Merz criticized Habek's plans to raise taxes and increase redistribution, calling the politician “the face of the economic crisis in Germany.”
What the vote of no confidence means for Scholz
The Chancellor must now ask Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dissolve parliament. The federal president has 21 days to do this…
