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German Finance Minister Christian Lindner voiced his support for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s handling of arms deliveries to Ukraine at a party congress of the Free Democrats (FDP) on Saturday. Scholz has come under fire at home and abroad over Germany’s refusal to supply heavy weapons, such as tanks, despite pleas from President Volodymyr Zelensky. Lindner, who has been head of the business-friendly FDP since 2013, is an influential figure in German politics. His party is part of the government along with the Greens and Scholz’s centre-left Social Democrats. Speaking via video-link from Washingto…