German Chancellor Dismisses Finance Minister, Collapsing Coalition Government
07 Nov 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed his finance minister, Christian Lindner, on Wednesday, plunging the government into a crisis. Scholz explained in a televised address that the decision was necessary "to prevent harm to our country." The firing followed intense negotiations within Germany’s ruling "traffic light" coalition, which includes Scholz’s Social...
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