Merz Vows Germany Reforms Within Weeks After Coalition, Labor Meet on Health, Tax and Pensions
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 11
Merz Vows Germany Reforms Within Weeks After Coalition, Labor Meet on Health, Tax and Pensions
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 11
Summary
Germany’s coalition aims to present health, tax and pension overhauls within weeks, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz telling lawmakers he will push ahead on “big reform tasks.”
A late-Wednesday Berlin meeting brought Merz’s CDU-led bloc, the Social Democrats, employers and labor unions together to build consensus before that self-imposed deadline.
Merz said the talks unfolded in a “good and constructive atmosphere,” signaling the government sees a path to advance politically sensitive changes across core welfare and fiscal systems.