German Chancellor Angela Merkel has no intention of calling a confidence vote, her spokesman said, after her party ousted a close ally as head of its parliamentary group.
Mrs Merkel’s conservative Union bloc voted out Volker Kauder as head of its parliamentary group, a key post for securing the passage of government legislation.
It was the latest wobble for Mrs Merkel’s fourth-term administration following two coalition crises since it took office in March.
Opposition figures called on her to hold a confidence vote in parliament.
Asked whether she plans to do so, Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said the answer is “a clear no”.
