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German chancellor faces confidence vote likely to lead to snap elections

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a confidence vote on Monday he is expected to lose.

If he loses, he will have to ask Germany ’s president to dissolve parliament in a process which would trigger fresh elections.

If a snap election is called, polls point to the conservative CDU , the party of Angela Merkel , being on track to win.