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MNI POLITICAL RISK-German Coalition Collapse-Analyst Views

Germany's 'traffic light' coalition collapses, snap elections to take place in new year, conservative CDU lead polls

Late on 6 November, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the dismissal of Finance Minister Christian Lindner from the Cabinet amid intractable disagreements between the three parties in the federal ‘traffic light’ coalition, Scholz’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the environmentalist Greens of Economy Minister Robert Habeck, and Lindner’s pro-business liberal Free Democrats (FDP). Lindner pulled the FDP from the coalition, leaving a minority SPD-Green administration in power. 

Below we highlight key comments regarding the German political situation from a collection sell-side analysts.

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Late on 6 November, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the dismissal of Finance Minister Christian Lindner from the Cabinet amid intractable disagreements between the three parties in the federal ‘traffic light’ coalition, Scholz’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the environmentalist Greens of Economy Minister Robert Habeck, and Lindner’s pro-business liberal Free Democrats (FDP). Lindner pulled the FDP from the coalition, leaving a minority SPD-Green administration in power. 

Below we highlight key comments regarding the German political situation from a collection sell-side analysts.

Keep reading...Show less