Germany’s government has hit a serious crisis as Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition has broken apart, leaving him with a fragile minority government. Until now, Germany was led by a “traffic-light” coalition, a nickname for the alliance of three parties: Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). However, a major disagreement led to Scholz dismissing the FDP’s leader, Christian Lindner, from his crucial role as finance minister.

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