アメリカ民主主義さんの おぼえた日記 - 2024年11月7日(木)

＜BBCニュース11月7日＞
German coalition collapses after Scholz fires key minister
ショルツ首相が主要閣僚を罷免し、ドイツの連立政権崩壊

◎要旨
ドイツの首相は自由民主党の党首リンデル財務大臣に信頼がおけないとして罷免した。トランプ大統領当選の報道直後のこのニュースは欧州最大の経済大国を混乱に陥れている。社民党と緑の党は連立を継続するが、少数与党に過ぎない。連立内の論争は2025年予算案の審議で勃発した。
Germany's governing coalition has collapsed after Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired a key minister and said he would call a vote of confidence in his government early next year.

The chancellor said he had no trust in Finance Minister Christian Lindner, who heads the pro-business Free Democrats and has been part of the coalition along with Scholz's Social Democrats and the Greens.

The crisis inside the coalition plunged Europe's largest economy into political chaos, hours after Donald Trump's US election victory triggered deep uncertainty about the future of the continent's economy and security.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeiner called for common sense to prevail.

"This is no time for tactics and squabbling, but for reason and responsibility," he said.

The so-called "traffic-light" coalition has governed Germany since 2021 and its collapse means Scholz's government no longer has a majority in parliament.

The confidence vote could lead to early elections by March, although the opposition says a confidence vote should come next week, not next year. Steinmeiner said he was prepared to dissolve parliament and call early elections if the chancellor lost a vote.

Internal tensions had been bubbling for weeks before exploding into the open on Wednesday night. It was triggered by a row over the 2025 budget, with Germany now facing its second year without economic growth.

◎私見
ドイツも日本も少数与党であるが、アメリカのトランプ大統領は議会の多数派を占めそうな状況である。こうなると、彼の公約である減税などの政策の実現可能性が高くなりそうだ。アメリカの為というよりも、自分の仲間のための政治が実現するのだろう。第二次世界大戦で敗北した枢軸国側の政治体制が、世界を支配する時代になるのかもしれない。