La Germania si prepara alle elezioni dopo lo scioglimento del parlamento – DW

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>German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23 in the wake of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition.

>Scholz [lost a confidence vote](https://apnews.com/article/germany-scholz-confidence-vote-parliament-election-87c6c0c64726eefaa95d9c46dae611dc) on Dec. 16 and leads a minority government after his unpopular and notoriously rancorous three-party coalition [collapsed on Nov. 6](https://apnews.com/article/germany-scholz-government-struggling-economy-coalition-lindner-1cae2cd0266453103fc89800e47e7ce7) when he fired his finance minister in a dispute over how to revitalize [Germany’s stagnant economy](https://apnews.com/article/germany-government-economy-scholz-trump-8e7f77fe36d711d7192a8c96a4c41353).

>Leaders of several major parties then agreed that a parliamentary election should be held on Feb. 23, seven months earlier than originally planned.

>Since the post-World War II constitution doesn’t allow the Bundestag to dissolve itself, it was up to Steinmeier to decide whether to dissolve parliament and call an election. He had 21 days to make that decision. Once parliament is dissolved, the election must be held within 60 days.

>In practice, the [campaign is already well underway.](https://apnews.com/article/germany-election-scholz-merz-habeck-programs-69a8ab1bdef26764f4f10789b081ef39) Polls show Scholz’s party trailing the conservative opposition Union bloc led by [Friedrich Merz.](https://apnews.com/article/germany-politics-christian-democratic-union-cf1033d27f82a0291e983f3c9a94fb97) Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck of the environmentalist Greens, the remaining partner in Scholz’s government, is also bidding for the top job — though his party is further back. If recent polls hold up, the likely next government would be led by Merz as chancellor in coalition with at least one other party.

[https://apnews.com/article/germany-election-steinmeier-32a9c393067faac264fae7bb29b3e4ef](https://apnews.com/article/germany-election-steinmeier-32a9c393067faac264fae7bb29b3e4ef)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday dissolved the country’s lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections on Feb. 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition.

>Scholz lost a confidence vote in parliament earlier this month after the departure of Finance Minister Christian Lindner’s Free Democrats left his government without a legislative majority.

>The vote also kicked off election campaigning in earnest, with conservative challenger Friedrich Merz, who surveys suggest is likely to replace Scholz, claiming that the incumbent government had imposed excessive regulations and stifled growth.The conservatives have a comfortable lead of more than 10 points over the SPD in most polls. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is slightly ahead of Scholz’s party, while the Greens are in fourth place.The mainstream parties have refused to govern with the AfD, but its presence complicates the parliamentary arithmetic, making unwieldy coalitions more likely.

[https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-president-dissolves-parliament-pave-way-feb-23-snap-elections-2024-12-27/](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-president-dissolves-parliament-pave-way-feb-23-snap-elections-2024-12-27/)

AfD gonna post their highest-ever result.