Sarah Marsh

(Reporting by Sarah Marsh and Thomas Escritt, writing by Matthias Williams, editing by Thomas Seythal)

Germany's ruling coalition has collapsed as Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister and paved the way for a snap election, triggering

Germany’s governing coalition fell apart on Nov. 6 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz tried to push through a plan to borrow more money in support of the Ukrainian war effort. Years of tension peaked when the fiscally conservative Free Democrats jumped ship.

An SPD spokeswoman said, however, that media references to an emergency meeting were false, adding SPD deputy leaders were simply holding a regular telephone conference on the organisation of the election campaign.

The long-serving German chancellor sought counsel on how to tackle the US president-elect’s “property developer mentality”.

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