Germany will elect its next government seven months early as the precarious “progressive coalition” of left-wing and centrist parties collapsed last week the same day as President Donald Trump’s election.
Attempts to string out the dying days of Germany’s zombie government into Spring 2025 appear to have failed, with left-wing Chancellor Olaf Scholz relenting and saying he would not now stand in the way of a snap election at any time, even before Christmas. As it is, a form of compromise has been called which would see a new Bundestag (parliament) decided seven months early, but with a long enough election campaign for the competing parties to try and reach out to voters.
The largest parties have agreed to hold the snap election on February 23rd, a confirming date being held on December 16th. Per German broadsheet Die Welt, smaller parties that had been part of the…
