Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz fires finance minister, ending his three-party ruling coalition
Olaf Scholz (File)
Germany'sChancellorOlafScholzon Wednesday (Nov 6) firedhis rebelliousFinanceMinisterChristian Lindner, spelling doom for the three-party coalition thoughScholzcould stay on in a minority government.
The move came after weeks of bitter feuding that have rocked the coalition government betweenScholz's Social Democrats, Lindner's Free Democrats and the Greens.
Scholzfiredhisfinanceministerduring a crunch meeting of senior figures from all three ideologically disparate parties at the chancellery,Scholz's spokesman Steffen Hebestreit told AFP.
The chancellery scheduled a press conference for 2015 GMT, and Lindner announced statements to the media shortly after, to be followed by Greens politicians.
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Fiscal hawk Lindner had proposed sweeping reforms to jumpstart the troubled German economy that the other two parties opposed, and had long flirted with bolting the unhappy coalition.
He had repeatedly warned of "an autumn of decisions" as difficult budget talks have loomed.
ViceChancellorRobert Habeck of the Greens had warned that the US presidential election,Germany's economic woes and the Ukraine and Middle East wars make this "the worst time for the government to fail".
The Bild daily reported that on Wednesday he told the other parties that the talks of recent days had shown there was not enough common ground on economic and financial policy.
Lindner had argued that Donald Trump's US presidential election victory had made an economic turnaround even more urgent.
The newspaper added that Lindner had suggested that the parties opt for new elections in early 2025, but thatScholzhad rejected the proposal.
If confirmed, this would suggest the Social Democrats and the Greens will seekto stay in power as a minority government until the scheduled elections in September 2025.
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