Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, paving way for election

"German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a no-confidence vote Monday in the country's

Parliament, paving the way for a snap election in February next year.
Confidence votes in Germany are relatively rare. It was called after the nation's three-party governing coalition collapsed amid infighting over how to modernize and boost the European Union's largest economy.
Scholz needed 396 votes in Germany's Parliament, known as the Bundestag. He got 207. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has 21 days to decide whether to dissolve Parliament, a move he's widely expected to do. The dissolving of parliament is a formality. The process eventually leads to new elections, which are expected Feb. 23." MS