Merz’s dilemma: Redraft German economic reforms, or go down defending them

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz faces a stark choice: Reshape the unpopular reform drive on which he has staked his chancellorship — or risk going down defending it. The day after his conservatives’ worst election defeat in postwar German history and the…
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Published3 h ago (Tue, 22 Sep 2026 02:00:00 GMT)
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AuthorJames Angelos, Nette Nöstlinger