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Germany's governing coalition collapses
2024-11-07
Deutsche Welle was liveblogging events all day yesterday.
[DW] German Chancellor Scholz says a vote of confidence is planned for January, possibly paving the way for snap elections. The move comes as Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner amid divisions over economic plans.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • Germany's Free Democrats (FDP) withdrew all ministers from the Scholz government, formally ending three-party "traffic light" coalition

  • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the center-right Social Democratic Party (SPD), announces confidence vote in mid-January

  • The vote could bring forward a snap election in March

  • The announcement came after Scholz dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner, coalition partner from the neoliberal FDP
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