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Chancellor Scholz under pressure: Trust in the Bundestag is shaky!
Chancellor Scholz must gain trust in the Bundestag while dealing with pressure and minority government. An outlook on the next steps.
Chancellor Scholz under pressure: Trust in the Bundestag is shaky!
The political pressure in Germany is increasing: Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing a crucial fork in the road, for example in order to consolidate his minority government within the Bundestag. Scholz announced that he would ask the vote of confidence on January 15, 2025. This could seal the fate of the traffic light coalition, as a rejection of the vote of confidence would pave the way for new elections tagesschau.de reported.
Scholz currently does not have the full support of the Bundestag, which makes it difficult for him to pass important legislative proposals. In order to secure the necessary votes, he needs the cooperation of the opposition, especially the Union under Friedrich Merz. Scholz plans to talk to Merz about key issues such as the 2025 budget and the debt brake and could bring further legislative projects to the vote by the end of the year. noen.at reports that the negotiations are considered crucial as they affect the future work of the government.
Question of trust and its consequences
The question of trust, which is posed under Article 68 of the Basic Law, is a crucial instrument in German politics to ensure trust in the government or to initiate a new beginning. If the Bundestag rejects the motion of confidence, the Federal President could decide whether to dissolve the Bundestag. This could lead to new elections by March 2025 at the latest, which would significantly change Germany's political landscape. The pressure is growing on Scholz not only to ask the question of trust, but also to win the support of the opposition in order to remain able to act on the political stage.
The very controversial debt brake is also at the center of the political discussion. Scholz referred to the “extraordinary emergency situation” that arose as a result of the Ukraine conflict and that could justify a deviation from the debt rules. The legal assessment of this argument remains complicated regardless of the political reality, and the need to win a majority in the Bundestag will be crucial for the Chancellor.