This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batchel.

To Berlin, Judy Dempsey, a senior scholar for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,

reporting on Germany, and this headline,

buffeted by an economic storm, writes Reuters, Germany heads for February 23rd vote.

The coalition government collapsed within hours of Judy last week, making it very clear that Olaf Schultz, the leader of the coalition, the traffic light coalition, so-called, because of its makeup of different parties, some of whom didn't have sympathy with the others.

The collapse of the traffic coalition means that Germany is moving to a vote.

How and why they move to the vote is determinative because already there have been changes

in the original expectation of a vote in March. Judy, a very good day to you. Your help on

identifying Schultz's problem has now identified Schultz calling an election.

What is the expectation of the vote?

Why the difference between February and March?

How does it work for Germany when a chancellor calls for a no-confidence vote?

Explain all that because it's very different from the way we hold elections.

Good evening to you.

Good evening, John.

And thank you for having me on your show.

So no confidence votes are very difficult.

You've got to make sure you have the votes.

And clearly, Schultz is going to lose this no confidence vote.

Then he has to go to the president of Germany to submit the results of the no confidence vote.

And then the president of Germany has to go along with the decision

to call the elections.

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