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Germany: Parliamentary leaders propose February 23 election
Germany faces 3-month political standstill
Rosalia Romaniec Head of DW's Current Politics team - Berlin
Germany's political agenda for the coming months is pretty much set as of today. On December 16, German lawmakers will hold a vote of confidence on Scholz's minority government.
If Scholz loses the vote, which is the most likely scenario, the ball will be in the court of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He will have to decide whether to dissolve parliament and call a new election.
German political parties want the date set for that nationwide vote to be February 23, 2025, and the president generally follows the parties' request.
Until then, Germany faces a three-month standstill. Apart from several laws that still need to be passed, the biggest challenges ahead will likely be in foreign policy. There's much uncertainty over what will happen after January 20, when Donald Trump is sworn for his second term as US president.
If Trump declares a trade war with Europe or announces a peace deal in Ukraine, Germany will be in the middle of an election campaign and would likely be regarded internationally as a "lame duck."
In the end, Germany's political fringes — parties on the far-right and far-left — could bene
2025 budget unlikely to be passed before snap elections — finance minister
Newly appointed Finance Minister Jörg Kukies has said it is unlikely the government would pass a 2025 budget before a snap election expected on February 23.
"It is not realistic that the new federal budget for 2025 will be passed" before the general election, Kukies said at an event hosted by the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily.
Kukies also said there will be no budget freeze for 2024, adding that the government would be able to get though the end of the year.
The CDU and FDP expressed opposition to the government's supplementary budget for 2024, which was supposed to pass parliament on Wednesday.
"Whether there will be a supplementary budget in 2024 or whether we really need one is not yet clear," he said in his first appearance as finance minister.
Kukies, 56, a member of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) was appointed to his job after former Finance Minister Christian Lindner of FDP was fired amid wide rifts over budget policy with coalition partners the SPD and Greens.
www.dw.com/en/germany-parliamentary-leaders-propose-february-23-election/live-70763695
Germany: Parliamentary leaders propose February 23 election
Germany faces 3-month political standstill
Rosalia Romaniec Head of DW's Current Politics team - Berlin
Germany's political agenda for the coming months is pretty much set as of today. On December 16, German lawmakers will hold a vote of confidence on Scholz's minority government.
If Scholz loses the vote, which is the most likely scenario, the ball will be in the court of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He will have to decide whether to dissolve parliament and call a new election.
German political parties want the date set for that nationwide vote to be February 23, 2025, and the president generally follows the parties' request.
Until then, Germany faces a three-month standstill. Apart from several laws that still need to be passed, the biggest challenges ahead will likely be in foreign policy. There's much uncertainty over what will happen after January 20, when Donald Trump is sworn for his second term as US president.
If Trump declares a trade war with Europe or announces a peace deal in Ukraine, Germany will be in the middle of an election campaign and would likely be regarded internationally as a "lame duck."
In the end, Germany's political fringes — parties on the far-right and far-left — could bene
2025 budget unlikely to be passed before snap elections — finance minister
Newly appointed Finance Minister Jörg Kukies has said it is unlikely the government would pass a 2025 budget before a snap election expected on February 23.
"It is not realistic that the new federal budget for 2025 will be passed" before the general election, Kukies said at an event hosted by the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily.
Kukies also said there will be no budget freeze for 2024, adding that the government would be able to get though the end of the year.
The CDU and FDP expressed opposition to the government's supplementary budget for 2024, which was supposed to pass parliament on Wednesday.
"Whether there will be a supplementary budget in 2024 or whether we really need one is not yet clear," he said in his first appearance as finance minister.
Kukies, 56, a member of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) was appointed to his job after former Finance Minister Christian Lindner of FDP was fired amid wide rifts over budget policy with coalition partners the SPD and Greens.
www.dw.com/en/germany-parliamentary-leaders-propose-february-23-election/live-70763695
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