Germany to hold snap election on 23 February

President approves date agreed by leading Social Democrats and opposition conservatives

Germany will hold a snap election on 23 February after an agreement reached on Tuesday morning by parliamentary factions from the leading Social Democrats and the main conservative opposition CDU/CSU.

The German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, gave the go-ahead for the new election schedule at a meeting of representatives of the government and the leading opposition in Berlin on Tuesday evening.

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