Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to face a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, with expectations that he will lose, leading to an early election in February for the European Union's most populous member and largest economy.
Scholz's three-party government collapsed in November following the dismissal of his finance minister amid disagreements over revitalizing Germany's economy, leading to the withdrawal of the minister's pro-business party from the coalition. This left the remaining center-left partners without a parliamentary majority.
