Germany’s governing coalition has collapsed and Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a confidence-vote in mid-January. Scholz made the announcement after dismissing his finance minister, Christian Lindner, who is from the business-friendly Free Democrats. They formed part of the country’s three-party coalition government with the Greens and the chancellor’s Social Democrats. The confidence vote could trigger new parliamentary elections by the end of March.
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And we talk to DW’s chief political editor, Michaela Küfner.
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