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World in brief: November 13, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a plenary session in the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, November 13, 2024

GERMANY: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that he will ask for a vote of confidence on December 16, paving the way forward for an early parliamentary election in February.

Mr Scholz declared his plans for a vote of confidence during a speech in parliament today, one week after his three-party coalition government collapsed.  

He had initially wanted to have an early election only by late March.

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