This is a crisis that neither Germany nor Europe needed. While Donald Trump’s return to power arouses concern and uncertainty, Olaf Scholz dismissed his Finance Minister, Christian Lindner, on Wednesday, November 7, following differences that had become insurmountable. The leader of the liberal FDP refused any concession on budgetary discipline to revive the economy, and even circulated a document resembling a program last week. “ Trust was no longer enough », declared Scholz, thus formalizing the end of the tricolor coalition in place for three years. The German Chancellor announces a vote of confidence in Parliament in January, and early legislative elections at the end of March at the latest. To talk about it, our guest, Nils Schmid, MP, SPD spokesperson for foreign policy and co-president of the office of the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.
Nils Schmid: “The Franco-German engine will be the key to uniting Europeans against Trump”
