German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sacked Finance Minister Christian Lindner, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit confirmed on Wednesday evening. Lindner, the head of the business-friendly Free Democratic Party (FDP), has been at odds with other coalition members over economic policy.
The three coalition partners – Scholz’s Social Democrats, Lindner’s FDP, and the Greens represented by Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock – were to hold a series of meetings this week in order to resolve their differences.
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