Talk:2024 German government crisis

"Former" German Minister of Finance

Currently Christian Lindner is still the minister, as only the Bundespräsident can dismiss ministers. Olaf Scholz only proposed the dismissal. Killarnee (talk) 04:54, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

•  Done rayukk | talk 10:27, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Move to 2024 German government collapse

Should we move the article to this name, because the current government coalition has collapsed. "Crisis" is a term that instills judgment and should only rarely be used in an encyclopedia in my opinion. rayukk | talk 10:27, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

"Collapse" would be the wrong word, because the government hasn't collapsed, only the coalition between the three parties. "Coalition collapse" as some sources do use this term. But "government crisis" is consistent with how multiple sources are describing it, and with other articles such as 2018 German government crisis. Gust Justice (talk) 07:00, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

But at this stage the government coalition has not collapsed, only become a minority government. "Collapse" will occur if the government fails a confidence motion. SRamzy (talk) 19:54, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

In fact, on further research, the current German constitution is set up to make "collapse" unlikely. The government lasts until it fails a confidence vote AND either (a) a new chancellor is voted in, or (b) the president agrees to a request from the chancellor to dissolve the Bundestag and call early elections. SRamzy (talk) 12:21, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

"Crisis" is such sensationalist cliche. There's a tendency nowadays to call every new political theatrics a crisis. No, Germany is not about to become Haiti or descend into anarchy, so this is not a "crisis". I propose moving this article to "2024 German government coalition dispute". 2601:189:8480:A1B0:8478:182B:D04:F4C2 (talk) 15:32, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Refer WP: crisis: "any event or period that will lead to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society... More loosely, a crisis is a testing time for an emergency." The term "crisis" is appropriate, because the break in the coalition partnership puts the existence of the government under question. The current situation cannot endure until the next scheduled election in September 2025. The term "crisis" is therefore appropriate. However "collapse" is over-dramatic: things aren´t that bad yet. SRamzy (talk) 16:22, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Um, none of those sentences you quoted actually appear in WP:crisis. Moreover, that page pertains to dangers affecting a Wikipedia editor at the personal level and has nothing to do with the definition of crisis as it applies to the subject of Wikipedia articles. 2601:189:8480:A1B0:42D5:3155:AC7C:5A38 (talk) 04:21, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, I mean crisis. SRamzy (talk) 12:15, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

All has been said, crisis is the objective and appropriate wording and it does not necessarily mean something dramatic as IP said. Collapse however would simply be wrong. By the way this is not the right place for moves but WP:Requested moves. Killarnee (talk) 17:21, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Reason for imidiate removal of the financial minister

I think it might be important to note why cancler Scholz decided for an imidiate removal of Lindner. While its all true that there were a lot of discussion about the Schuldenbremse and it very much would have lead to a vote of no confidence.

The problem was, that it was a private discussion with possible options ongoing and Lindner decided to "leak" the possibilites of a vote of no confidence to "BILD" 10min into the first break of the negotiations. [1]

This was not the first times leaks of ongoing negotiations very sabotaged by leaks to the media like the boulevard press BILD. And it was back then a serious concern for the health of the coalition. Though I don't have a link I can to source that event. Maybe someone else remembers.

So in short FDP was targetting a vote of confidence and Scholz considered it, but went balistic once Lindner tried to manipulate the outcome by leaking the info of a private negotiation. 2001:A61:6112:9201:F84E:97BD:AD7:DB65 (talk) 11:43, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

No mention of catalyst being the 2024 US presidential election?

Should there be a mention of the primary cause being panic over the results of the US presidential election, and subsequent impact on Germany? 203.46.132.214 (talk) 01:27, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

The US elections are certainly not the cause of what is happening in Germany. Killarnee (talk) 01:57, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Is there any evidence whatsoever to support the claim that the German government collapse is due to the US presidential election? AusLondonder (talk) 12:45, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Nothing whatever, I would say. The signs of discord have been obvious to all for some time, at least since the wrangling over the budget which lasted all through the summer. Anyone could see that the break-up was inevitable. SRamzy (talk) 13:16, 13 November 2024 (UTC)