After his coalition with the Greens and Liberals imploded, Social Democrat Olaf Scholz agreed to hold a mid-December vote of confidence, under pressure by the conservative Christian Democrats, whose leader,

After the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition, the balloting will be held on Feb. 23, about seven months before it had been scheduled.

Germany is set to hold a snap election on February 23 after an agreement was reached among parties in the country’s fractured parliament on Tuesday.