Answers on social media: “Scholz vs. Lindner”: The greatest memes about the traffic light crash
The collapse of the traffic light coalition prompted network users to make numerous jokes about the current Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the former Finance Minister Christian Lindner. The general end of traffic lights was also a focus.
The end of the traffic light coalition triggered a wave of memes on social media. On platforms such as These are the most humorous contributions to the traffic light crash.
What will the future bring for Christian Lindner?
Some people depicted Christian Lindner's future in their posts. One X user used a photo from an old FDP election campaign in which the politician looks at a tablet. “There has never been more to do,” it reads. This reinterpreted the person. “How Lindner reports to the employment agency,” she commented on the election poster.
Another user predicts that Lindner will appear on reality TV in the future. He commented on a picture of the federal chairman of the FDP and his wife Franca Lehfeldt (35): “This means that the first couple for the summer house in 2025 has been confirmed.”
In addition, one person resurfaced an old post from Lindner. In a short message in March 2010, the then finance minister wrote: “I would like to have a free evening again.” To which one user replied: “Whoever pulled this out wins the internet for today” and added a trophy emoji.
Olaf Scholz and the traffic light crash
Olaf Scholz was also the target of joking ridicule. The satirical medium “Der Postillion” added a photo of the Chancellor with the headline “Tough reckoning with Lindner: Scholz’s pulse shoots up to 23”. In the caption, the paper added: “You've never seen him so angry.”
The speech appeared in another post on X. A user commented on a GIF of training boxing icon Rocky Balboa aka Sylvester Stallone (78): “Now we finally know why Olaf Scholz was often passive as chancellor: He practiced this speech for three years” and added hashtags like “IwasBornReady ” (German: I was born to be ready) added.
The end of the traffic light coalition was also explained for sports enthusiasts. A user clarified the situation of the evening in a picture. After media reported that Lindner had suggested new elections to the Chancellor in January, news spread that Scholz had fired Lindner. As the user explained, Scholz presented the FDP politician with the “Uno reverse card” after he symbolically received a yellow card from him.
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