Merkel Economists Say Coalition Talks Risk Reform Rollback
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s willingness to compromise with the Social Democrats to form a coalition risks rolling back steps taken by her predecessor that made Europe’s biggest economy stronger, her Council of Economic Experts said.
“The present economic situation and Germany’s healthy position compared to the euro area’s crisis countries seem to have obstructed many politicians’ view of the major future challenges,” the independent council said in its annual report published today in Berlin.