The coalition of the German country collapses, after the recent dismissal of the Minister of Economy by the Chancellor. teleSUR
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00:00A serious political crisis arises in Germany in the midst of another no less important
00:05crisis.
00:06The economic one.
00:07Chancellor Olaf Scholz has dismissed his finance minister Christian Lindert.
00:12The Free Democratic Party is thus expelled from the government and with the break-up
00:17of the islands they are left with a minority in parliament.
00:20The Chancellor assures that Lindert has betrayed his trust and differences are already irreconcilable.
00:28These countries are already heading for early elections in March 2025.
00:34The new former minister demands a radical turnaround with massive spending cuts and
00:40tax cuts from his allies.
00:42On Thursday the Chancellor stated that he will call a motion of confidence for next
00:47January the 15th.
00:49... but ultimately depended on the alliance of Sarah Wagenknecht.
00:53Kretschmer had already warned of too high expectations at the start of the probe talks.
01:00The talks were overshadowed ...