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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has fired his Finance Minister Christian Lindner, after weeks of disagreeing over economic reforms. Lindner had proposed early elections as a solution to the impasse, a proposal Scholz had rejected, according to Bild. “I feel compelled to take this step to prevent damage to our country. We need an effective government that has the strength to make the necessary decisions for our country,” Scholz said. His sacking signifies the end of the ruling coalition government between Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and Lindner’s Free Democratic Party (FDP)…

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