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Lindner's dismissal caused the collapse of the coalition, as the FDP moved into the opposition, leaving a two-party minority government of SPD and The Greens. On 16 December 2024, Scholz called a vote of confidence in the ruling government, which was lost. [2]
Party leader Alice Weidel has already hailed the coalition’s collapse as a “liberation” for Germany. “The end of the traffic light coalition is a liberation for our country.
Due to the sharp policy disagreement over the economic crisis, Scholz announced the dismissal of FDP leader Christian Lindner as Federal Minister of Finance on 6 November 2024, triggering the collapse of the coalition, and making a snap election likely to be held earlier in 2025.
The collapse of the coalition came after weeks of disputes among the coalition partners over ways to boost the country’s ailing economy. Lindner's pro-business Free Democrats had rejected tax increases or changes to Germany’s strict self-imposed limits on running up debt.
One reason for the collapse of the ruling coalition was disagreement on whether to suspend German. The collapse of Germany's government could have a silver lining for the euro zone's ailing ...
The collapse of Mr Scholz’s coalition government, triggered by his decision to fire finance minister Christian Lindner of the Free Democrats (FDP) over a dispute about how to plug a multi ...
This hypothetical coalition has been described as the "Bahamas coalition", in reference to the colors of the flag of the Bahamas, as early as 2013. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Following the 2019 Thuringian state election , the election of Thomas Kemmerich by members of the three parties [ c ] sparked a government crisis which ultimately led to Kemmerich's ...
The chancellor said he would call a vote of confidence in his government early next year. German coalition collapses after Scholz fires key minister Skip to main content