Germany's opposition conservatives urged the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, to allow a vote of confidence immediately and hold elections in January, after his rocky three-way coalition collapsed and plunged the country into political chaos. The coalition fell apart when years of tensions reached their peak in a row over how to plug a multi-billion-euro hole in the budget and how to revive Europe's largest economy, which is heading for its second year of contraction

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2024 22:58 UTC