Just over a year into office, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition in Germany is deep in the doldrums. Hamstrung by infighting between its centre-right and centre-left partners, it has struggled to reverse Germany’s economic stagnation and waning competitiveness. Three cheers, then, for pension reform proposals unveiled last week with both partners’ apparent backing. This is the boldest move by Merz’s government since the relaxation of the debt brake for investment and defence, with positive implications beyond Germany.
德国总理弗里德里希•默茨(Friedrich Merz)上任一年多一点之际，其联合政府深陷低迷状态。受困于中右翼与中左翼执政伙伴之间的内斗，默茨政府在扭转德国manbetx20客户端下载 停滞和竞争力下滑方面进展不顺。在此背景下，上周公布的显然得到两个执政伙伴支持的养老金改革方案值得喝彩。这是默茨政府自放宽“债务刹车”以支持投资和国防以来最大胆的举措，其积极影响将传播到德国的疆界以外。
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