Coalition Government ended

German Chancellor Fires Finance Minister Christian Lindner, Ending Coalition Government

In a dramatic move on Wednesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed his Finance Minister, Christian Lindner, bringing an end to the nation’s fragile three-party coalition government. The decision followed weeks of escalating tension within the coalition, which consisted of Scholz’s Social Democrats, Lindner’s Free Democrats, and the Greens. The chancellery...