As German government reels, Scholz moves to fill roles vacated by FDP

NAMPA / DPA

2024-11-07

Berlin (dpa) - With the German government on the brink of collapse after the departure of one of the three coalition partners, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rushed to fill the four ministerial roles left vacant by the departing Free Democratic Party (FDP). On Thursday morning, Scholz named Jörg Kukies, his former economic adviser, to succeed the finance minister he sacked, Christian Lindner, whom he had fired the previous evening, precipitating t......

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