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Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party, the Social Democrats, and the opposition Christian Democrats have agreed on February 23 as the date for Germany’s snap elections.
A CDU spokesperson confirmed that the parties had jointly proposed the date, while noting that it was up to Germany’s president to schedule the vote. “He alone decides in the end,” the person said.
Under the plan approved by the SPD and CDU, the two largest parties in the Bundestag, Scholz will table a vote of confidence on December 16, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Scholz had originally proposed tabling the confidence vote on January 15 and holding elections in March. But the CDU protested against it, saying an earlier election was needed to avoid a long period of uncertainty.
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