'Lack of leadership in the EU': 'Severe' situation for French-German economic 'engine'
Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a confidence vote in the German parliament that he's expected to lose, paving the way for the European Union's most populous member and biggest economy to hold an early election in February. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the collapse of Scholz's unpopular and notoriously rancorous three-party government, FRANCE 24's Annette Young welcomes Markus Ziener, Helmut Schmidt Fellow at the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the US.