German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has reportedly been dismissed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. -AP
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sacked his Finance Minister Christian Lindner after weeks of wrangling over the future economic direction of the government, two sources have told Reuters.
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Newspaper Bild had earlier reported that Lindner, the head of the FDP governing partner, had proposed early elections as a solution to the impasse - a proposal Scholz had rejected.
Scholz's office invited reporters for a news briefing on Wednesday night.
