By Nyang’au Araka
A political tremor occurred in German after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday.
The vote triggered snap elections seven months ahead of schedule.
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The country will now have an election in February 23rd, next year.
The no confidence vote came after Scholz’s coalition collapsed, sparking a political crisis in the European Union’s largest economy, reported Aljazeera.
Scholz won the support of 207 lawmakers in the 733-seat lower house, or Bundestag, while 394 members voted against him and 116 abstained.
The outcome left him far short of the majority of 367 needed to win.
The governing coalition was first shaken when Schold fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner in November.
Lindner’s pro-business Free Democrats then quit the coalition government, robbing Scholz of a majority in parli Scholz’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD).
The Greens will continue running the country without parliamentary backing until a new government is formed.
Monday’s move came after months of infighting over fiscal priorities and debt spending.
Follows France
Earlier this month, a hung parliament in France toppled the country’s prime minister with no confidence vote.
France neighbors German.
The crisis in France prompted President Emanuel Macron to name centrist politician Francois Bayrou as new prime minister without triggering a new election.
Even so, the decision highlighted the intensifying political rifts in EU countries amid economic uncertainty and the war in Ukraine.
