A group of German lawmakers, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, has proposed legislation to legalize abortions during the first three months of pregnancy - provoking outrage from his main conservative challenger Friedrich Merz.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is determined to use his last weeks in office with a minority government to pass what he believes are vital laws. But he is relying on the opposition to make it happen.

On November 6th long-bubbling rows in Germany’s three-party coalition finally boiled over, when Olaf Scholz, the Social Democrat (spd) chancellor, fired Christian Lindner, his finance minister, leader of the liberal Free Democrats (fdp),