German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold a confidence vote in mid-January, which could trigger new elections by March.
It comes after he fired his Finance Minister Christian Lindner after weeks of wrangling over economic direction of the government.
Mr Scholz said he had sacked Mr Lindner because he there was no longer any "basis of trust", making it impossible to work together.
"He has broken my trust too often... Serious government work is not possible under such circumstances," Mr Scholz told a press conference.
The move came amid a tense row threatening the three-party coalition government between Mr Scholz's Social Democrats, Mr Linder's Free Democrats (FDP) and the Greens.
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Germany’s Olaf Scholz fires finance minister, bringing ruling coalition to chaotic end
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