Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has agreed to to ask the vote of confidence in the Bundestag this yearto allow new elections. However, he made this dependent on SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich and opposition leader Friedrich Merz agreeing on a date. “I’ll be guided by that,” said Scholz – and added: “I also want it to happen quickly.”
However, the necessary democratic steps and technical preparations must always be taken into account for a proper new election. Scholz said on the show: “None of us, not you, not me, nor anyone else, wants something to happen like in Berlin, that we have to repeat elections.”
In addition Scholz contradicted the accusation that he had calculatedly caused the breakup of his traffic light coalition. “I didn’t provoke him,” said the SPD politician on the ARD program “Caren Miosga”. He fought until the end to ensure that the three-party constellation of SPD, Greens and FDP remained together, but in the end that was not possible. “I have endured the fact that in order to compromise and cooperate, I have repeatedly, sometimes with a good face, turned a pretty nasty game. But when it’s over, then it has to be over,” said Scholz.
The The Chancellor also defended his public, personal reckoning with FDP leader Christian Lindner. “It was decent, clear and clear and very understandable for all citizens,” he said. He was often asked to hit the table more often. At the same time, he emphasized: “Without my repeated efforts to cooperate and compromise, the government would not have lasted for so long. It wouldn’t even have happened.”
