German government coalition collapses as Scholz sacks Finance Minister Lindner

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oursfort@reddit

FDP is the smallest party in the coalition and is now polling at only four percent — below the threshold needed to make it into the German parliament in the next federal election

If a snap election would likely push the FDP out of the Bundestag, then what do they have to gain from that?

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RydRychards@reddit

I really want the FDP gone before they get a chance to pave over the whole country.

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CoffeeCryptid@reddit

FDP voters hate the current government, which is why they're jumping ship. Lindner is trying to regain their trust and save his party by bringing down the coalition

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markjohnstonmusic@reddit

Nothing whatsoever. It could be they still have some principles.

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Assassiiinuss@reddit

The FDP? Nothing. It's pretty catastrophic for them.

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It's not completely impossible that being the reason the government just collapsed somewhat put them back on the map for some people, which could give them the few percent they need to keep existing. Who knows.

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marigip@reddit

I’m guessing Lindner was gambling that being a strongman/standing up to Scholz would gain him enough support from conservative green haters to keep the party afloat

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empleadoEstatalBot@reddit

German government coalition collapses as Scholz sacks Finance Minister Lindner

BERLIN — Germany’s three-party ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday evening after Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced he would fire his Finance Minister Christian Lindner over persistent disagreements about economic reforms.

Crisis talks in the coalition of Scholz’s Social Democratic Party, the Greens and Lindner’s Free Democratic Party had come to a head after the FDP issued a paper with demands for liberal economic reforms that were difficult for the other two parties to accept.

ImageDuring a dramatic meeting of leaders from the three parties on Wednesday evening in the chancellery, Christian Lindner told Olaf Scholz he saw no way of continuing the coalition and urged him to pave the way for snap elections. | John Macdougall/AFP via Getty ImagesDuring a dramatic meeting of leaders from the three parties on Wednesday evening in the chancellery, Lindner told Scholz he saw no way of continuing the coalition and urged him to pave the way for snap elections.

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Welt (Leans Right): "Traffic light coalition at an end ++ Scholz dismisses Lindner"
Tagesschau (Center): "Chancellor Scholz dismisses Finance Minister Lindner"
Politico Europe (Leans Left): "German government coalition collapses as Scholz sacks Finance Minister Lindner"

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