German coalition government collapses: Chancellor Scholz fires Finance Minister Lindner

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Icy-Cry340@reddit

After the election of Donald Trump as US President, Germany and Europe must show the ability to act. There were possible solutions on the table. According to him, the biggest solution would have been to give Ukraine more support. The FDP was not prepared to go this route. The dismissal of Finance Minister Lindner was ultimately as logical as it was unnecessary. "We will now quickly clear the way for new elections," says Habeck.

The leaders of the SPD, Greens and FDP had previously discussed for two and a half hours to find ways out of the traffic light crisis. Essentially, it was about how the billion dollar hole in the 2025 budget can be plugged and the badly hit German economy can be brought back on track.

Over Ukraine bwahahaha - krauts are so fucking stupid.

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Touhokujin@reddit

"Krauts are stupid"

Says the person from the country who just, again, elected a convicted felon rapist fascist. I guess stupid is more common than we'd think.

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Icy-Cry340@reddit

We can do this shit because we are the world’s sole superpower.

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ShaunDark@reddit

Not for long if you keep doing shit like this.

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Restful_Frog@reddit

You don't want to be a super power. All the time you cry about how unfair it is. It partly got Trump elected.

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salzbergwerke@reddit

The Roman Empire also thought they can do this shit.

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Icy-Cry340@reddit

You better hope we are right - because if not we will go down swinging and you won’t like who comes after.

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veerKg_CSS_Geologist@reddit

Got no choice as the US is going down by its own hand.

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Logisticman232@reddit

When you’re an economic superpower & you start tariffing everyone you aren’t going to be a superpower for long.

Don’t think y’all realize how important Americas international trade network is to y’all’s prosperity.

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shieeet@reddit

Did they edit this out of the article? Can't find it :(

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Icy-Cry340@reddit

Nah, I was quoting from another article.

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Well, the Politico piece confirms it. Between this, the cucked response to the Nord Stream sabotage, and the subsequent industrial collapse, Germany has truly humiliated itself. But will they stop or will they ask for more?

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Restful_Frog@reddit

Ask for more.

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TheBlack2007@reddit

Subsequent Industrial Collapse? My brother in Christ: NS2 never started operations and NS1 was shut down months before it was blown up. I still remember Scholz giving an interview standing right in front of the same Turbines Putin stated as "currently under maintenance" - asking the same where he wants them delivered.

Russia ceased sales. Then someone blew the pipeline and they immediately switched narratives.

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TheBlack2007@reddit

This wasn’t about Ukraine specifically. Lindner has been blocking everything for months now and purposely damaged his coalition partners by leaking details, sometimes even making sure the information was incomplete to mislead people.

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HammerTh_1701@reddit

There's a difference between trigger and cause. This was the final straw that broke the camel's back.

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Icy-Cry340@reddit

Still funny.

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TheBlack2007@reddit

Linder was going to ask Scholz for snap elections today but leaked the info to the media before talking to the chancellor directly. Scholz apparently seems to have had enough and asked German Federal President Steinmeier (yes, we have a President) to release Lindner from his position which the President then did. As a reaction towards their party head essentially being booted off the administration, all FDP Ministers announced handed in their resignation, essentially causing FDP to leave the coalition. In a speech, Scholz stated he‘ll talk to the opposition leader soon and will likely lead a minority government, with support from the Conservatives until he‘ll file a vote of no-confidence in January which will likely fail, paving the way for snap elections in March - 6 months before the regular election date.

This move was a long time coming. FDP and Lindner in particular have been a road block, blocking important decisions and compromises necessary in a three-party-government in favor of party politics. It’s also suspected he’s the one who has been leaking details of cabinet meetings to the press, sometimes even purposely leaking incomplete, misleading our outright wrong info to damage the other coalition partners.

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