The German Bundestag will hold of confidence in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government on Monday. What does this mean?
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00:00German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing a no-confidence vote in the Bundestag on Monday,
00:07following the collapse of the German so-called Traffic Light Coalition.
00:12Scholz is generally expected to lose the vote, setting the stage for snap elections to be
00:17held in February.
00:19If Scholz does indeed lose the vote, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will then
00:23decide whether or not to dissolve the Bundestag.
00:27In current polls, the conservative CDU party led by Friedrich Merz is far ahead of Scholz's
00:32SPD.
00:33The far-right AfD is also seeing gains, following trends seen earlier this year when it became
00:39the first far-right party to win a state election since 1945.
00:45Scholz's government has grown increasingly unpopular over the years amid Germany's stagnant
00:49economy that has led to mass job losses and strikes.
00:54Economic crisis management will therefore be a core issue driving the upcoming election
00:59campaigns.