# The German government fell today (12/16/24)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-government-fell-today-12-16-24/1011723
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Tags:** breaking-news
**Created:** [December 16, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-government-fell-today-12-16-24/1011723 "2024-12-16T19:12:06Z")
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### Author:  [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-government-fell-today-12-16-24/1011723/1 "2024-12-16T19:12:06Z")
> **[Germany: Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses vote of confidence](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg36pp6dpyo)**
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> Despite losing, the result was the outcome the SDP leader wanted and paves the way for early elections.
Interesting that this happened less than two weeks after the French government fell, so instability in the two largest countries in the EU by population.
> [@The French government fell today (12/4/24). Does anyone care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-government-fell-today-12-4-24-does-anyone-care/1011176):
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> I heard a brief newsradio headline that France’s Prime Minister Barnier and his entire cabinet lost a no-confidence vote when opponents on the left and right joined forces. And then I haven’t heard anything else until I found this. Shouldn’t we be more concerned about this?
I don’t follow German politics, but this is much in contrast to the very long period Merkel was the German leader.
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-government-fell-today-12-16-24/1011723/2 "2024-12-16T19:20:46Z")
2 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Germany’s government collapses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/germany-s-government-collapses/1011717)
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-german-government-fell-today-12-16-24/1011723/3 "2024-12-16T19:23:00Z")