German welfare state 'can no longer be financed' — Merz – DW – 08/23/2025
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The German chancellor has called for a welfare reform, putting him on course for a possible clash with the SPD.

The German chancellor has called for a welfare reform, putting him on course for a possible clash with the SPD.

  • ragas@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    While the current government in Germany is certainly not the best, it is very far away from a fascist country.

    Most likely the right wing CDU talks big now to wiggle out some small concessions against their socialist coalition partner and againt the green/left opposition.

    They can not change anything big because otherwise the current coalition would fold.

    The CDU can not form a coalition or cooperate with the ultra right AFD because that would cost them a big chunk of their current voters.

    They currently have nothing going for them that would win them voters on their own.