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.
It all came to a head on Wednesday night. After intense crisis talks, the three-party coalition could not agree on how to handle Germany's looming budget issues. Lindner suggested early elections to resolve the growing conflict, but Scholz decided he’d had enough of FDP resistance. He accused Lindner of continually blocking crucial laws, including those meant to increase financial aid to Ukraine. For Scholz, Lindner’s stance was holding Germany back when the country needed action most, so he made the bo...
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