-> Scholz is now ruling Germany with a minority in the parliament!
Germany ran out of money to support Ukraine and is legally prevented to make more debt, that caused a clash within the government and it collapsed! (There were more problems, but that “straw broke the camels back”.)
-> There is a “debt break” law, that prevents the German government to take on debt beyond an allowed sum, which Germany exhaust already.
1) According to chancellor Scholz, not being able to finance Ukraine or decrease financing of social spending to free money for Ukraine is an extraordinarily emergency situation that threatens Germany. So Scholz demanded from the finance minister to suspend the law and allow the take on more debt to pay for and send to Ukraine. The plan was to just make more debt for Ukraine.
2) But the finance minister refused to do that, since that would breach the oath of he gave to Germany as a finance minister.
Essentially Ukraine collapse is of course is not threatening Germany, just Scholz and his government personally.
3) Scholz fired the finance minister Lindner for not obeying his wish.
4) The party of the finance minister FDP, in reaction retracted from the ruling government!
The ruling government consisted out of 3 parties: SPD (Scholz’s party), the Green Party and the FDP. This is needed to form a majority in the parliament. But now one of these parties retracted from the coalition, hence the German government is now ruling with minority.
5) Scholz said “we have no time”, because he wants to finance Ukraine quickly before elections. So he is appointing new ministers for the now empty positions of the withdrawn FDP party.
-> Technically (and legally) that is extremely questionable, since the government officially has no majority. So how is making critical decisions?
Looks like Scholz wants to push through the Ukraine funding no matter what.
6) The opposition demands new elections quickly, but Scholz wants to govern with the support of the opposition for now.
It is a clown show. For now the elections are rumored to come in March 2025.
-> The “collective west” collapses on the back of Ukraine. USA Is lucky and likely steps back from this nonsense with Trump.
Democracy apparently works without a majority as well.
Germany ran out of money to support Ukraine and is legally prevented to make more debt, that caused a clash within the government and it collapsed! (There were more problems, but that “straw broke the camels back”.)
-> There is a “debt break” law, that prevents the German government to take on debt beyond an allowed sum, which Germany exhaust already.
1) According to chancellor Scholz, not being able to finance Ukraine or decrease financing of social spending to free money for Ukraine is an extraordinarily emergency situation that threatens Germany. So Scholz demanded from the finance minister to suspend the law and allow the take on more debt to pay for and send to Ukraine. The plan was to just make more debt for Ukraine.
2) But the finance minister refused to do that, since that would breach the oath of he gave to Germany as a finance minister.
Essentially Ukraine collapse is of course is not threatening Germany, just Scholz and his government personally.
3) Scholz fired the finance minister Lindner for not obeying his wish.
4) The party of the finance minister FDP, in reaction retracted from the ruling government!
The ruling government consisted out of 3 parties: SPD (Scholz’s party), the Green Party and the FDP. This is needed to form a majority in the parliament. But now one of these parties retracted from the coalition, hence the German government is now ruling with minority.
5) Scholz said “we have no time”, because he wants to finance Ukraine quickly before elections. So he is appointing new ministers for the now empty positions of the withdrawn FDP party.
-> Technically (and legally) that is extremely questionable, since the government officially has no majority. So how is making critical decisions?
Looks like Scholz wants to push through the Ukraine funding no matter what.
6) The opposition demands new elections quickly, but Scholz wants to govern with the support of the opposition for now.
It is a clown show. For now the elections are rumored to come in March 2025.
-> The “collective west” collapses on the back of Ukraine. USA Is lucky and likely steps back from this nonsense with Trump.
Democracy apparently works without a majority as well.
