The decision follows a budget fight that prompted Chancellor Olaf Scholz to fire his finance minister and announce a confidence vote that is widely expected to fail.

Parties agree 23 February vote after chancellor torpedoed the coalition government by sacking finance minister.

Germany is set to hold a federal election on Feb. 23, according to sources within the parliamentary group of Scholz' social democratic party (SPD). This is earlier than Chancellor Olaf Scholz had originally proposed after his ruling coalition collapsed last week.