#newsonleo #germany #politics German transportation minister Volker Vissing chose to remain in cabinet of Olaf Scholz and left his FDP party, which had been booted from governing coalition yesterday. 1/
#newsonleo #germany #politics German transportation minister Volker Vissing chose to remain in cabinet of Olaf Scholz and left his FDP party, which had been booted from governing coalition yesterday. 1/
2/ Collapse of so-called "Traffic Light Coalition", composed of Scholz centre-left SPD, Greens and liberal FDP party, was caused by row over budget, with FDP leader and former finance minister Christian Lindner arguing against Scholz's plans to abandon so-called "Budget break" rule of budget being permanently balanced in order to help German businesses, which struggle as the consequence of high energy prices and war in Ukraine.