German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out holding a vote of confidence in parliament ahead of next year’s elections.
In his annual summer interview with German public broadcaster ZDF, which will air on Sunday evening, Scholz said his coalition government still has a majority in the Bundestag, the country’s lower house, and that there is still work to be done.
Scholz admitted that Germany’s divided political landscape could make it increasingly difficult to govern the country, both at the state and federal level.
“I fear that, whatever happens in the coming years, there will continue to be situations in Germany in which it is very complicated to form governments,” the Chancellor said.
Scholz defended his government’s performance during its term in office, despite the three parties being low in polls for next year’s parliamentary elections and suffering historic setbacks in two eastern states in recent elections.
