On November 30, 2022, in Berlin, Germany, members of the Bundestag debated before passing the resolution.
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President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved Germany’s lower house of parliament on Friday, paving the way for snap elections on February 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition collapsed.
“Especially in difficult times like now, stability requires a government capable of taking action and a reliable majority in parliament,” which is why early elections are right for Germany, Steinmeier said in Berlin the way forward.
Steinmeier added in his speech that after the elections, problem solving must once again be at the center of politics.
The president, whose office was largely ceremonial in the postwar period, also called for fair and transparent campaigning.
He said: “External influence is a danger to democracy, whether hidden, as was the case in the recent Romanian elections, or overt and blatant, as is currently particularly intensive on (social media) platform As it goes.
Social Democrat Scholz will lead a caretaker government until a new government is formed. His defeat resulted in his lumbering governing coalition losing its legislative majority.
The vote also officially kicked off the campaign, with conservative challenger Friedrich Merz claiming the current administration has overregulated and stifled economic growth and surveys suggest he is likely to replace Shore. tz.
In most polls, the Conservatives lead the Social Democrats (SPD) by more than 10 percentage points. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is slightly ahead of the Social Democrats, while coalition partner the Greens are in fourth place.
Mainstream parties refuse to govern alongside the AfD, but its presence complicates parliamentary arithmetic and makes an uneasy coalition more likely.
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