Traffic Light Coalition
German “traffic light” coalition falls apart
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner following months of internal conflict over budget policies, signaling early elections in Germany
Farmers’ protests surge in Germany against cuts in subsidies and tax increases
The traffic light coalition government in Germany decided to cut subsidies to farmers and increase energy taxes while funding to imperialist wars goes uninterrupted
Understanding Germany’s ‘traffic light’ coalition
Germany’s new coalition government is set to be voted in today. Pawel Wargan, organizer, researcher, and coordinator of the International Secretariat of the Progressive International, speaks on the contradictions of the coalition