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Germany's Scholz Loses Confidence Vote, Triggering Early Elections

This is Beirut, 16/12 18:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Germany's centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote on Monday after weeks of turmoil, setting Europe's biggest economy on the path to early elections on February 23. The Bundestag vote, which Scholz had expected to lose, allows President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dissolve the legislature and formally order an election. The ...

Scholz's Party to Name Him as Top Candidate for Snap Polls

This is Beirut, 25/11 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Olaf Scholz will on Monday be officially named to lead his centre-left Social Democrats into Germany's snap elections in February, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term. The way has been cleared for Scholz to become the SPD's chancellor candidate after his popular defense minister, Boris Pistorius, ruled himself ...

Scholz Urges Ukraine Talks in First Call with Putin Since 2022

This is Beirut, 15/11 20:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks with Ukraine, in the first call between the two leaders in almost two years. In the call, Scholz "condemned Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and called on President Putin to end it and withdraw troops", the chancellor's spokesman ...

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