German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday he would call a confidence vote on January 15, which could pave the way for a snap federal election in March.

Scholz has suggested holding a confidence vote in his government in January, paving the way for snap elections in March, but Merz wants elections to be held in January. Along with "the vast majority of the German electorate,

Germany's opposition conservatives urged Chancellor Olaf Scholz to allow a vote of confidence immediately and hold elections in January, the day after his rocky three-way coalition collapsed and plunged the country into political turmoil.

German Chancellor Scholz is facing pressure to hold a confidence vote after he fired his minister of finance this week and faces a collapsing government that no longer holds a majority in parliament.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejected the demand by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz that he should hold a confidence vote by early next week to pave the way for an election as soon as mid-January.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold a confidence vote in mid-January which could trigger new elections by March, state broadcaster ARD said late yesterday.This

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday said he was prepared to negotiate over the date of a vote of confidence in his government, after the collapse of his three-party coalition. In Budapest for an informal EU summit,