German Chancellor Rebuffs Demands for Confidence Vote Next Week
- Scholz wants next election to be brought forward to March
- Poll-leading conservatives pushing for January national vote
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejected the conservative opposition’s demand that he should hold a confidence vote by early next week to pave the way for an election as soon as mid-January.
Scholz brought a premature end to his alliance with the Greens and fiscally conservative Free Democrats late Wednesday when he sacked FDP Finance Minister Christian Lindner, depriving his three-party ruling coalition of a majority in the lower house of parliament.