Under-fire German ruling coalition unveils reform package to boost economy

Germany’s ruling coalition has agreed on sweeping tax, labour and pension reforms, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday, a breakthrough aimed at reviving the struggling economy and countering the rise of the far right. “We are working to increase the flexibility of our businesses,” Merz told a Berlin press conference after lengthy talks between his centre-right CDU/CSU alliance and their coalition partners, the centre-left SPD. “We are working to cut red tape. We are w