Confused about what’s going on in German politics right now? Relationship status: It’s complicated — and, to top it all off, some of the key players involved had to pose for this awkward photo

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by UpgradedSiera6666

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  1. From left to right: Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, new Finance Minister Jörg Kukies (SPD), Transport Minister and new Justice Minister Volker Wissing, former Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP), former Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP), former Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP).

  2. Why does this read like some random gossip magazine? It’s killing me lol

  6. All this makes me ask is; who’s the guy second from the left?

  8. So Frank-Walter Steinmeier (the second guy from the left) has no relation to any of the other people in this picture. What’s he doing there?

  9. If there is one type of person I distrust more in the position of treasury secretary/minister of finance than a zealous neoliberal, it’s a former Goldman Sachs investment banker. Doesn’t matter if Rubin, Mnuchin or Kukies.

  10. Isnt the TLDR just that the FDP have been fucking over the government they themselves are a part of since the beginning and SPD finally had enough of their obstruction?

  11. And Germany still thinks, opening European borders was the right call. What complete and utter morons

  12. they need to have different colours corresponding to different types of relationship/action. like a spreadsheet of a k-drama

  13. The president just standing there “wtf is going on around me”

  15. You made something, which was not complicated at all, dumber and complicated.

    A weak coalition of unlikely partners fell apart when the tall blonde guy wrote an 18 page rebuke as his party risks falling out of the Bundestag in the next elections, and everything else is just the fallout.

  17. And Steinmeier there, just hoping everyone has a nice time. Love it.

  18. And (this is a joke) Boris Pistorius is behind the camera angrily muttering about “Where is my fucking budget?”

  19. In short, every party just cares about their party and not the state that they‘re ruling or are going to rule

  20. I’m confused what you mean with “she followed him”, did she get fired as well? What did she do?

  21. In my family, I’m the second from left to right… Only appear in the picture.

  22. A numbering to show the sequence of events would have helped. Maybe a name, function and party tag too.

  24. At least its a great distraction from the US politics. It’s like a sit com haha

  25. I guess it’s a mix of weak and ignorant people voting for weak and ignorant politicians with some cups of russian money and disinformation. The perfect formula for a healthy government.

  28. Excellent, thank you for the explanation.

    Now I’m even more confused.

  30. Lindner really looks like on standby, he doesn’t want to be there, just get it over with

  31. that reads like the historic onion frontpage with “Everybody declares war on everyone”

  32. Is this going to be Lin-Manuel Miranda’s next hit musical or what?

  34. As an American citizen, the US has no right to talk trash about this. This was a coalition of three political parties, and they realized it was better to hold new elections than try to work things out.

    I can guarantee that Trump is not going to bring anyone from another political party into his cabinet, or help run the government in any way. We dont even have a viable third political party

  36. It’s simple: one party got kicked out of the government coalition. One guy from that party quit the party so he can keep his post as government minister.
    The remaining government coalition does not have enough votes in parliament, so there will be elections in a few months anyway and none of this will matter.
    The party that got kicked out likely wont wven make it into parliament anymore

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