It’s only the fourth time that the Bundestag has been dissolved ahead of schedule under Germany’s post-World War II constitution

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier decided to disband Germany’s lower house of parliament on Friday, December 27.As per Reuters, this move is intended to allow for snap elections on February 23.Steinmeier said in Berlin,

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is due to announce his decision on Friday as to whether to dissolve the country's lower house of parliament - the Bundestag - paving the way for early elections in February.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote in the German parliament, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February.