The German parliament is to decide on the government’s future in a vote of confidence on January 15, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced. The move comes after days of crisis talks among Scholz’s coalition of Social Democrats, the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) and the Greens of Economy Minister Robert Habeck. Earlier on Wednesday evening, Scholz dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the FDP, who had called on the chancellor to pave the way for early elections. In a statement to the press, Scholz lashed out at Lindner for acting in the narrow interest of his support base, at a tim…