Chancellor Scholz dismisses Finance Minister – L’Express

Chancellor Scholz dismisses Finance Minister – LExpress

Social Democratic German Chancellor Olaf Scholz decided to dismiss his liberal Finance Minister Christian Lindner this Wednesday, November 6, said his spokesperson, while the government coalition is undermined by dissension.

He took this decision while Christian Lindner, also president of the liberal party (right), proposed, according to several media, during a crisis meeting the calling of early legislative elections in early 2025 in the face of blockages on economic policy in lead between his movement, the social democrats and the environmentalists, all members of the tripartite government coalition.

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The fate of the coalition made up of Olaf Scholz’s social democrats (SPD), environmentalists and liberals (FDP) hangs by a thread after months of quarrels over the economic and budgetary course to give to Germany , on the verge of recession.

A sign that the stakes are high, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke separately with Olaf Scholz and with the leader of the conservative opposition Friedrich Merz, says the daily Bild. Coalition ruptures are very rare in Germany and Olaf Scholz wants to lead his until the next legislative elections scheduled for September 28, 2025.

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