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Podcast: Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition
Episode: Germany No Confidence Vote, China Consumption Slows & Private Equity Profits From Most Vulnerable
Description: Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast: (1) Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz will submit to a parliamentary vote of confidence today, which he intends to lose, triggering an early election on the 23rd of February. The country's economy is now 5% smaller than it would have been if the pre-pandemic growth trend had been maintained. (2) France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will meet with far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Monday, kicking off an effort to form a government that can push a budget through a divided Parliament....