My apologies in advance because I know today has been hard for most people, but it's worth noting that the German coalition government has just collapsed. Talk about bad timing.

Expect Putin to plough money into the AfD to try and engineer a far-right takeover, and for Trump to let him get away with it.

I'm afraid we're living in dark times.

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-coalition-government-collapse-olaf-scholz-finance-minister-christian-lindner/

#DE #Germany #Politics

Scholz sets stage for German snap election as government collapses

Germany’s chancellor said a confidence vote will first take place on Jan. 15 after announcing he would fire his finance minister.

^{Hans von der Burchard (POLITICO)}