Volker Wissing

Germany – Government coalition dissolved: Scholz dismisses FDP leader, Liberals withdraw ministers – Calls for Confidence Vote

 

A governmental crisis erupted tonight in Berlin, as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed the head of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner—an outcome that had long been anticipated due to conflicts among the coalition partners.

Germany: Crisis in the governing coalition caused by the Lindner text

Germany‘s governing coalition (SPD, Greens, FDP) is facing its most serious crisis to date after the submission of a text “on economic recovery” and a “partly fundamental revision of key policy decisions” by Liberal (FDP) leader and Finance Minister Christian Lindner, which largely nullifies key positions of his