Scholz Kept Rolling Over for German Finance Chief. Then He Cracked
There was no holding Olaf Scholz back as he told astonished reporters in the halls of Berlin’s chancellery building on Wednesday why he had just decided to dismiss Finance Minister Christian Lindner and bury his own three-party coalition. “Anyone who ...
Germany's Scholz fires his finance minister as his coalition collapses
Germany’s center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he is firing Finance Minister Christian Lindner, which could undermine the ruling three-party coalition that relies on Lindner’s pro-business party BERLIN -- Germany’s center-left Chancellor ...
Scholz calls for cool heads to pull Germany out of political crisis
Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday demanded a calm debate from Germany's squabbling factions on setting the date for a snap election to pull the country out of a political crisis. Speaking to reporters in Budapest,
German Chancellor Scholz Calls for Snap Election
The next election was scheduled to be in September of next year, but last night it all blew up. Scholz came out and in very pointed remarks, talked about his finance minister, Christian Lindner, who's from another party than Scholz,
Germany's embattled Scholz open to talks on early election
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, mired in crisis after his three-party coalition collapsed this week, said Friday he is open to talks on whether to move forward snap elections.- Pats on the back' - With the end of the Scholz government in sight,
Germany faces snap election as Scholz's coalition crumbles
Germany's ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister and paved the way for a snap election, triggering political chaos in Europe's largest economy hours after Donald Trump won the U.
'We have huge structural problems' in Germany, says former Christian Lindner advisor
Lars Feld, former advisor to former Finance Minister Christian Lindner and director of the Walter Eucken Institute, discusses ...
Green Party lashes out at Lindner for 'selfishness,' FDP defend him
Green Party leaders sharply criticized former finance minister Christian Lindner, who was expelled on Wednesday from the ...
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Germany's leader expected to lead country with minority government after coalition collapse
Germany’s leader is expected to lead the country with a minority government after the collapse of the coalition.
German chancellor fires finance minister, collapsing coalition government
In a televised address, Scholz said he had dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner saying it “was necessary to ...
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Christian Lindner: fiscal hawk at centre of German political crisis
The man at the heart of the dramatic collapse of Germany's fractious ruling coalition, Finance Minister Christian Lindner, ...
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Germany's economy is in trouble. The government's collapse and Trump's return bring more risk
The collapse of Germany's governing coalition and President-elect Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House are ...
Germany’s normally stable government has collapsed. Here’s why
Christian Lindner’s dismissal prompted him to withdraw his Free Democrats Party (FDP) from a coalition with Scholz’s ...
Lindner accuses Germany's Scholz of calculated coalition break-up
Dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner has accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of deliberately causing the break-up of ...
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Disarray Within Ruling Coalition at Berlin Suggests Scholz Is Likely To Lose Grip on Power
With Germany’s ruling coalition thrown into disarray following the chancellor’s decision to sack his finance minister, ...
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'I wanted to give Taurus': Lindner criticizes Scholz after leaving government
The dismissed German Finance Minister, Christian Lindner, has accused Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He claimed that the ...