Sarah Wagenknecht, chair of the Sarah Wagenknecht Alliance (ASV), criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's intention to wait until January 15 to ask for a vote of confidence in parliament, DPA reported.
“The deadline announced by the chancellor is an extension of political bankruptcy,” he told news portal t-online.
Wagenknecht also criticized Scholz's lengthy speech justifying his decision to fire Finance Minister Christian Lindner, leader of his governing partner in the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP).
“Instead of using this evening to apologize to residents for the last three years, the man who is still the chancellor instead made an arrogant campaign speech,” he said.
Scholz's intention to relax the constitutional debt ceiling to finance arms supplies to Ukraine, “while at the same time bridges and railways in Germany are rusting and millions of pensioners live in poverty, shows that this government has failed legitimately.” .
The ASA, which combines left-wing economic policies with right-wing views on issues such as migration and pro-Russian positions, is on the rise, according to polls.