Scholz is expected to lose the vote in the German parliament's lower house, or Bundestag, which will take place on 16 December.
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00:00German Chancellor Olaf Scholz formally set his country on course for an early election by requesting a confidence vote in parliament next week.
00:10The move comes five weeks after his three-party governing coalition collapsed.
00:16I have just applied for a vote according to article 68 of the Basic Law.
00:23I would like to clear the way for the proposed parliamentary elections.
00:28I will propose to dissolve the parliament on Monday afternoon.
00:46If the president follows Scholz's proposal, voters will elect a new parliament on February 23rd.
00:52Meanwhile, the Christian Democrats led by Friedrich Merz and their Bavarian sister party are ahead in the polls.
00:59The far-right Alternative for Germany has also nominated a candidate.