Formal step taken by Frank-Walter Steinmeier after chancellor Olaf Scholz lost confidence vote in Bundestag
Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for an election campaign marked by ‘respect and decency’ in a speech at the Bellevue Palace on 27 December.Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for an election campaign marked by ‘respect and decency’ in a speech at the Bellevue Palace on 27 December.Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has dissolved parliament and called a snap election on 23 February after Olaf Scholz’s fractious three-way coalition collapsed three years into its mandate.
“Go and vote and cast your ballot in the knowledge that yours could be the decisive one,” he told Germans. “Protect and strengthen our democracy.” Merz’s CDU/CSU has been leading in the polls by a double-digit margin most of this year with about 31% support, while the AfD has ridden a series of strong performances in European and state elections to be placed second in voters’ favour with about 18% backing.in several social media posts, the party has pointed to the car-ramming attack that killed five and injured more than 200 as evidence that Germany needs a radically stricter immigration policy.
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