With contradictory proposals unlikely to mesh, leaders to decide whether there is scope for alliance to continue
When, in 2021, Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats went into a “traffic light” coalition with the Greens and pro-business Free Democrats, the new government was riding high on an enthusiastic spirit of cooperation.
There were promises to modernise, reinvigorate and green-proof Europe’s largest economy. Germany, the coalition partners said, had sleep-walked into a complacent state during 16 years of rule under Angela Merkel. The new trio in power would jolt the country out of its hubris, and deliver it into a new era of vigour and creative transformation. That, at least, was the idea.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/06/clashes-over-budget-could-push-germanys-ailing-coalition-to-collapse
Author : Kate Connolly in Berlin
Publish date : 2024-11-06 05:00:07
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