The ruling party and the main opposition party in Germany reached an agreement on holding early parliamentary elections on February 23 next year, local media reported.
The German agency DPA announced that Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD), its coalition partner the Greens and the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU/CSU) reached an agreement on the date of early elections during negotiations in Berlin.
The agreement was reached less than seven days after Solc's left-liberal coalition government collapsed due to disputes with the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) over economic policy.
Soltz said last week that he could call for a vote of confidence in the government in January, paving the way for early elections in March.
The CDU, as Anatolia reports, insisted that early elections be held in February at the latest.
After that compromise, the final decision on the election date will be made by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who has a key role in the process of dissolving parliament and calling elections.
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