Germany’s former economy minister Lindner: the collapse of the coalition was caused by disagreements
The collapse of the ruling ‘traffic light’ coalition in Germany was caused by insurmountable differences, former Economy Minister Christian Lindner told Berliner Zeitung.
‘In the end, ‘Traffic Light’ blocked itself. But the situation in our country no longer tolerates delay. <…> We are also witnessing a growing polarisation: people feel that the state intervenes in everything but fails in important tasks such as controlling and restricting migration. This leads to intolerance, which can destabilise the democratic landscape,’ says the politician.
He said that the contradictions in the government had escalated because the country’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz was not ready for a new economic policy and only sought to increase the state debt.
Germany faced a government crisis in early November after the head of the Finance Ministry Christian Lindner (FDP) was fired at the insistence of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Among the reasons for this decision, Scholz cited Lindner’s unwillingness to approve both an increase in spending to support Ukraine and investing in the future of Germany as part of state budget planning.
