German govt in crisis: What comes next for Scholz after sacking finance minister?

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Olaf Scholz,Christian Lindner,Coalition Government

BERLIN, Nov 7 — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his rebellious finance minister Christian Lindner yesterday, ending the three-party coalition and leaving the government on...

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Scholz has called a confidence vote for January 15, followed by elections likely in March, but critics are already questioning whether he can continue to govern for that long. But the coalition has long been plagued by bitter infighting as the parties have disagreed on a huge range of issues such as budget policy, immigration, climate and how to revive the ailing economy.

“We will use this time to show unity with the remaining government,” he said, adding bravely that the crisis had created “a new impetus” for the government. Scholz said yesterday that he wanted to seek prompt talks with Friedrich Merz, the leader of the conservative CDU-CSU alliance, the biggest opposition party.

 

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