German election: Scholz loses confidence vote

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called a confidence vote following the collapse of his coalition government. He has lost the vote, paving the way for elections in February. DW has the latest.

• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote in Bundestag
• The vote paves the way for snap elections on February 23
• Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) are trailing behind Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the polls

This blog has now closed. Head to Tuesday's updates for the latest on the German election, and catch up below on all the major developments in the confidence vote on Monday, December 16.