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TOPSHOT - (L-R) German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, FDP secretary general Bijan Djir-Sarai and FDP parliamentary group leader Christian Duerr arrive with the elevator before addressing a press conference at the Reichstag building which houses Germany's lower house of parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin after a coalition committee meeting on November 6, 2024. Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday fired his Finance Minister Christian Lindner, Scholz's spokesman Steffen Hebestreit told AFP. The move came amid a tense row threatening the three-party coalition government between Scholz's Social Democrats, Lindner's Free Democrats and the Greens. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)