# Scholz loses a Bundestag confidence vote and opens the path to an early election

Date: 2024

On 16 December 2024 the chancellor lost a planned confidence vote, the constitutional route to an early federal election after the coalition collapse. The vote is a completed parliamentary act he chose to call.

## People

- Olaf Scholz: https://factrail.ai/people/olaf-scholz

## Drivers

- Political Polarization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/political-polarization

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germanys-scholz-expected-lose-confidence-vote-opening-way-early-election-2024-12-16/
- https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2024/kw51-de-vertrauensfrage-1030000

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-confidence-vote-2024