Scholz's refusal to hand over the Taurus to Ukraine led to the collapse of the coalition: Linder made a statement
The dismissed finance minister told the details of the dispute with Scholz.
The government coalition in Germany fell apart after the dismissal of Finance Minister Christian Lindner, who accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of blocking military support for Ukraine.
This was reported by Berliner Zeitung.
According to Lindner, the collapse of the coalition was preceded by a discussion about the 3 billion euros that Scholz proposed to allocate for Ukraine. The minister, referring to the difficult state of the budget, offered an alternative: to transfer high-precision Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv. However, the chancellor abandoned this idea and instead fired Lindner.
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