Lindner accuses Scholz of a calculated break with the coalition
Published: Wednesday, Nov 6th 2024, 23:40
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The dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner has accused Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) of having deliberately caused the break-up of the coalition. "His carefully prepared statement this evening proves that Olaf Scholz was no longer interested in reaching an agreement that was viable for everyone, but in a calculated break-up of this coalition," said the FDP leader in Berlin. Scholz was thus leading Germany into a phase of uncertainty.
Lindner accused the SPD and the Greens of not even accepting his proposals for improving Germany's economic situation as a basis for consultation. Scholz had long failed to recognize the need for a new economic awakening in Germany. "He has long played down the economic concerns of the citizens," said Lindner. "His counter-proposals are dull, unambitious and make no contribution to overcoming our country's fundamental weakness in growth so that we can maintain our prosperity, our social security and our ecological responsibility."
Scholz had ultimately demanded that he suspend the debt brake in the Basic Law, Lindner said. "I could not agree to this because it would have violated my oath of office. That is why the Federal Chancellor terminated his cooperation with me and the FDP at the coalition committee meeting this evening."
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