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Amid growing disputes inside Germany’s governing coalition, Finance Minister Christian Lindner has demanded a fundamental “reorientation” of economic policy in a policy paper made public on Friday. Lindner, a budget hawk and the leader of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), has been sharply at odds with the rest of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s centre-left coalition over budget issues, tax policy and how to boost Germany’s sputtering economy. Those conflicts have raised speculation in recent weeks that his FDP might even quit the three-party coalition and force early elections, a rare event in r…

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