End credits for the “traffic light” government in Germany. After months of agony, tension and open clashes, the executive led by Olaf Scholz it collapsed. The axis made up of social democrats, greens and liberals definitively fell apart with the dismissal of the finance minister Christian Lindner. An “irresponsible” minister according to the chancellor: Lidner had proposed going to new elections during the coalition summit which, in the intentions, was supposed to serve to regroup the government.
“I am forced to take this step to prevent damage to our country. We need an effective government that has the strength to make the necessary decisions” explained Scholz in the press conference called last night. Lindner, leader of the FDP liberals, had presented a document on new economic and financial policy initiatives, in stark contrast to the positions of government partners. Despite the provocation, there was an outstretched hand from the allies. Hacker, Minister of Economy, had proposed to move the funds planned for the Intel factory in Magdeburg and allocate them to the budget in difficulty and no longer to the climate fund. Lindner, however, did not compromise.
“He broke my trust,” Scholz’s j’accuse: “He did it too often. He even unilaterally canceled the budget agreement. After we had already agreed on it in long negotiations. There is no basis of trust for further cooperation. Serious government work is not possible this way. I am obliged to take this step to avoid damage to the country.” Lindner’s reply was not long in coming: according to the now former minister, the chancellor would have proposed something unthinkable such as removing the so-called “debt brake”, i.e. the budget constraint provided for by the German Constitution.
THE Greenswith the aforementioned Habeck, made it known that they will proceed “in an orderly manner with the new elections and in the spring Germany will vote”: “Until then, we remain in office and are firmly committed to fully fulfilling the duties of the mandate, providing stability from within the Government, which Germany can and must offer to Europe”. The Conservative Union CDU-CSU will evaluate what to do: the objective is to hold early elections but support for some laws so as not to paralyze the country is not excluded.
Instead he talks about “liberation”. Afd: “After months of stalemate and countless sessions of self-centered therapy, we now urgently need a fundamental new political beginning to lead the economy and the country as a whole out of the grave crisis into which it has been plunged by the ideological policies of the Social Democrats, the ‘FDP and the Greens,’ said the leaders of the Alternative for Germany in the Bundestag, Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla.
In the case of early voting, i polls they speak clearly: the Christian Democrats are in the lead with over 30 percent of the preferences, followed by the Afd (17 percent) and the SPD (16 percent). The Greens do not go beyond 10 percent, while the FDP stands below 5 percent and risks being cut out of the Bundestag. Also worth evaluating is the national weight of the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance, listed at 8 percent by the main polling institutes. The electoral campaign will certainly focus on economic issues – the crisis is being felt throughout the country – without forgetting the ecological transition, immigration and the Ukraine dossier.
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