What's next for Germany after the coalition collapse | DW News

Germany's governing coalition has collapsed and Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a confidence-vote in mid-January. Scholz made the announcement after dismissing his finance minister, Christian Lindner, who is from the business-friendly Free Democrats. They formed part of the country's three-party coalition government with the Greens and the chancellor's Social Democrats. The confidence vote could trigger new parliamentary elections by the end of March. For more, we talk to Max Hofmann, DW's head of news. And we talk to DW's chief political editor, Michaela Küfner. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dwnews_hangout Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch #Germany #Coalition #Collapse