Today....the German Federal Election Commissioner (Ruth Brand) sent a letter a letter to Chancellor Scholz.
Basically, she warned against the idea of a election date too early.
The key quote? "Since the proper preparation and conduct of the election is essential for citizens' trust in democracy, it is necessary to be able to make full use of the 60-day period from the dissolution of the German Bundestag in order to be able to take all the necessary measures in a legally secure and timely manner."
What she's getting at? Well....you got Christmas and New Years.....most folks are taking at least 7 to 10 days off in this period.
So even if you had the no-confidence vote next week.....getting to election day.....probably gets you a calendar date of late January (at best), to make the Election Commissioner happy.
This whole topic now....the no-confidence vote, and the national election day....is consuming a fair amount of public frustration. One gets the impression...most Germans would like to see Scholz gone, and some fresh new crew running the gov't....meaning that the Green Party isn't in the picture.
I noticed today....fair amount of public attention focused on ARD/ZDF (the two public TV networks). I'd take a guess each is running a minimum of 8 hours a day....covering the chaos.
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