German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner, Justice Minister Marco Buschmann, and Education and Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger from their positions.
Oku.Az With reference to TASS, they report that the television channel “N-TV” conducted a live broadcast about this.
The three ministers represent the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The President gave them the dismissal certificates and thanked them for their work. Jörg Kukis, State Secretary of the Federal Chancellery of the Federal Republic of Germany, will take over Lindner’s position. Volker Wissing, Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, will be the head of the Ministry of Justice.
In turn, according to the magazine “Der Spiegel”, the current Minister of Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir (“Greens”), will also lead the Ministry of Education and Research until the new elections. Özdemir said that after consulting with Chancellor Olaf Scholtz, Vice Chancellor and Head of the German Economy Ministry Robert Habek (“Greens”) asked him to take over the leadership of the Ministry.
It should be noted that the personnel changes in the government are a result of the collapse of the ruling “Svetofor” coalition in Germany, which includes the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Greens and the FDP. The acute political crisis in Germany was caused by disagreements in the coalition over the budget, financial and economic policies, including additional aid to Ukraine and the easing of the “debt brake” (a rule that prohibits spending more money than it brings in). ).
