The German chancellor, the social democrat Olaf Scholzhas dismissed this Wednesday his Minister of Finance, the liberal leader Christian Lindnerafter he proposed calling early elections due to the serious crisis that the coalition of social democrats, greens and liberals is going through, which is facing a possible breakup.
Scholz will ask Parliament for a vote of confidence on January 15, after which early elections could be held in March.
The news has been advanced by the chancellor’s spokesperson, Steffen Hebestreitwhom the weekly has cited Die Zeitwhile other media such as the NTV television network and the newspaper Bild They have also announced the dismissal of Lindner.
The leaders of the three parties that make up the tripartite met this afternoon in Berlin, in a meeting that was also attended by Scholz, Lindner, and the vice-chancellor and Minister of Economy, the Green Robert Habeck, who have held several meetings since Monday three-way matches to try to bring positions closer together.
The goal was to try save the coalitionplunged into a deep crisis less than a year before the legislative elections scheduled for autumn 2025 and at a time when the popularity of the three parties has fallen to a minimum, according to surveys.
The rupture has been precipitated by fundamental divergences over the plans to relaunch the German economy, in its second year of recession, and over the budgets for next year, which are still in parliamentary process.
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