German Opposition Leader Wants Confidence Vote by Next Week
- Friedrich Merz is frontrunner to succeed Scholz as chancellor
- Germany’s three-way ruling coalition imploded after infighting
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German opposition leader Friedrich Merz said Chancellor Olaf Scholz should submit to a vote of confidence by early next week at the latest, paving the way for fresh elections as soon as mid-January.
Scholz, a Social Democrat, brought an end to his three-party alliance with the Greens and fiscally conservative Free Democrats late Wednesday when he sacked FDP Finance Minister Christian Lindner.