German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has officially submitted his vote of confidence to the parliament before German MPs will vote on Monday.
But considering Germany's economic instability what is at stake?
But considering Germany's economic instability what is at stake?
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00:00German Chancellor Olaf Scholz officially submitted his vote of confidence in writing to the parliament
00:06before German MPs will vote on Monday.
00:08The last time a German Chancellor asked a vote of confidence was almost 20 years ago.
00:13But considering Germany's economic instability, what is at stake?
00:17Political professor Dr. Hajo Funke says decisive policies could sway voters.
00:23There is actually a desire,
00:26for example the SPD, but also the Greens,
00:29although they no longer have the majority,
00:32to make important economic and social decisions with, for example, the CDU.
00:39And the Union is tactically a little bit in the trap.
00:44If it doesn't do it, then it shows that it is socially disinterested,
00:48that it is economically disinterested.
00:50On the other hand, it wants to tell us, as voters, that it does everything better.
00:57But if it does it badly now, it doesn't serve the trust of the voters in this party.
01:03So there will be compromises.
01:05And is the instability that currently engulfs Europe's biggest economy likely to continue?
01:13Since the crisis is increasing very drastically in the automotive sector,
01:17in the iron and steel sector,
01:20and when suppliers and growth opportunities are extremely low,
01:26also compared to other countries,
01:28there is still a lot of pressure to get one or the other thing done before the elections,
01:34which are the first two and a half months.
01:37So to reduce cold progression, which seems unfair,
01:41to apply the rent-price slowdown,
01:44the financing of the support of Ukraine,
01:49to comply with the Taurus decision,
01:53these are all points that are very much in the discussion.
01:56And that will also be exciting, so to speak, before the election, in the election.
02:01If Scholz loses Monday's vote of confidence, which is expected,
02:05then German President Steinmeier has three weeks to dissolve parliament.
02:09After that, the German public is expected to head to the polls
02:13to vote in a new government on February 27.
02:16While CDU are currently leading according to the latest polls,
02:20a lot could change before then.
02:22Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronews.
02:30Euronews.