Germany: Chancellor Scholz dismisses FDP's Lindner – DW – 11/06/2024
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Germany's ruling coalition had been locked in a dispute over economic proposals pushed forward by the neoliberal FDP.
  • SalehEnglish
    35·
    15 days ago

    This means the German government is done for.

    This is good because Lidner has been blocking and destroying it from the inside for the past three years, but also bad, because now there is practically no chance for a progressive or at least non reactionary government to form after new elections.

    This step would have been right 2,5 years ago.

    • where_am_i@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      Side news on lemmy, sadly.

      But nonetheless, a question: what happens next? This means snap elections, yeah?

      • VitteliusOPEnglish
        3·
        14 days ago

        Eventually, yes. But we are not quite there yet. In January Scholz will face a vote of no confidence, which he is unlikely to win. At this point all parties may try to find new governing majorities within the current makeup of the Bundestag, our parliament. This is also extremely unlikely to succeed (not with only a few months left in the term anyway). And then a snap election is called