Germany’s embattled Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday he would be ready to ask for a confidence vote this year to pave the way for snap elections.

US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by phone, the German government said, adding that they “agreed to work together towards a return to peace in Europe”.

Chancellor Scholz open to confidence vote before Christmas, German paper industry says there’s enough paper for early elections, Scholz and Trump discuss peace in Europe and more news on Monday.

German federal prosecutors on Saturday said they had arrested a left-wing extremist wanted by police for years over alleged physical attacks on members of far-right groups in Germany and Hungary.

From the dramatic ‘traffic light’ coalition breakdown and worries over what a new government will mean for foreign residents to the US vote aftermath and the anniversary of the Berlin Wall fall, it’s been a full-on week.

Germany marks 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell with festivities from Saturday under the theme “Preserve Freedom!” as Russia’s war rages in Ukraine and many fear democracy is under attack.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, mired in crisis after his three-party coalition collapsed this week, said Friday he is open to talks on whether to move forward snap elections.

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German officials on Friday brushed off tech billionaire Elon Musk labelling Olaf Scholz a “fool” on his social media platform X after the dramatic collapse of the chancellor’s coalition government.

Germany’s support for Ukraine is assured, the government said Friday, despite the political crisis in Berlin sparked by the breakdown of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition.