'The governing coalition in Germany has collapsed and Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a confidence-vote in mid-January. But conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz wants to see that vote held immediately. A confidence vote is likely to trigger new parliamentary elections. Scholz, of the Social Democratic party, has dismissed his finance minister, Christian Lindner, who leads the business-friendly Free Democrats. Tensions in their three-party coalition government with the Greens has been growing for some time, with economic policy causing the biggest clashes.'
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