German Chancellor Scholz sacks finance minister over budget dispute, sources say

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2024.11.06 15:25

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Wednesday after weeks of wrangling over the future economic direction of the government, two sources told Reuters.

© Reuters. German Finance Minister Christian Lindner attends a cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen

Newspaper Bild had earlier reported that Lindner had proposed early elections as a solution to the impasse, a proposal Scholz had rejected.

Scholz’s office invited reporters for a news briefing at 2115 local time (2015 GMT).

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