Olaf Scholz’s coalition government breaks down and heads for early elections

Olaf Scholz’s coalition government breaks down and heads for early elections

BerlinCrisis of government in Germany. The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, dismissed this Wednesday his finance minister, the liberal Christian Lindner, due to irreconcilable differences in economic matters, and caused the breakup of the so-called traffic light coalition, formed by social democrats, liberals and greens, three years after coming to power. Sign up for the International […]