BERLIN: Germany entered a major political crisis on Wednesday with the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling coalition likely paving the way for...

Germany’s chancellor said a confidence vote will first take place on Jan. 15 after announcing he would fire his finance minister.

Olaf Scholz said he would seek a vote of confidence by January 15 so that MPs "can decide whether to clear the way for early elections" which could be held by late March -- six months earlier than scheduled.

The chancellor said he would call a vote of confidence in his government early next year.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner after months of budget disputes as his three-way coalition falls apart, plunging the government in a political crisis.…

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday fired his rebellious Finance Minister Christian Lindner, spelling doom for the three-party coalition though Scholz could stay on in a minority government.

Germany faces political crisis as Chancellor Scholz's coalition collapses, paving way for early elections amid economic turmoil.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister on Wednesday and said he will hold a parliamentary confidence vote in the government in January, triggering political chaos in Europe's largest economy hours after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. After sacking Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the Free Democrats…

The three-year-old union between Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and Lindner's Free Democratic Party (FDP) had been on shaky ground for some time.

Scholz sacked Finance Minister Christian Lindner, declaring there was no longer any “basis of trust”.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold a confidence vote in mid-January, which could trigger new elections by March.

Leaders of the three ruling parties are expected to decide on the coalition’s future in a meeting in Berlin late Wednesday.