Germany snap elections expected for February

Media reports say Germany's biggest political parties have reached agreement on a timetable leading towards a snap election after the governing coalition collapsed last week. DW has more.

• Unnamed sources told German news agencies that Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed on an election date with the conservative CDU 
• Germany's governing coalition collapsed last week, leading to Scholz calling for a vote of confidence expected for mid-December
• Scholz's minority government is widely expected to lose the parliamentary vote, leading to a snap election