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Not a good day for Germany, says Foreign Minister Baerbock

After the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said it was not a good day for Germany.

It is also “not a good day for Europe,” the Green Party politician said outside the chancellery in Berlin late on Wednesday.

Europe bears a responsibility for peace on its continent and in Ukraine, Baerbock stated.

She noted that given the fallout from the war in Ukraine, the government had to make an exception to the tight set of fiscal rules known as the debt brake.

The debt brake is enshrined in the country’s constitution.

The Greens had pushed for an exception within the coalition, but it had not been possible to reach an agreement, she added.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (R) and co-chair of the Alliance 90/Greens parliamentary group in the Bundestag Katharina Droege arrive in the meeting room of the Greens parliamentary group following the dismissal of Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Christoph Soeder/dpa

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (R) and co-chair of the Alliance 90/Greens parliamentary group in the Bundestag Katharina Droege arrive in the meeting room of the Greens parliamentary group following the resignation of Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Christoph Soeder/dpa

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