Germany: Scholz fires his finance minister in a blow to the ruling coalition

Source: mint [India]

“Germany’s center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday he was firing Finance Minister Christian Lindner, which could undermine the ruling three-party coalition that relies on Lindner’s pro-business party. The coalition had been arguing for weeks over ways to boost the country’s ailing economy, but were not able to find a compromise.” (11/06/24)

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