With the German economy continuing to stagnate, the parties in government—the Chancellor Merz’s conservative alliance and the Social Democratic Party (SPD)—have finally begun to deliver the major reforms they have been promising for the past year. Following eight hours of negotiations and arbitration, members of the Coalition Committee, led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, announced 34 measures on 2 July aimed at reducing bureaucracy and reforming taxation, healthcare, pensions and the labour mark
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.