Merkel Bloc Pitches Stability, Growth to Check German Greens
- Platform is short on specifics on managing economic overhaul
- Conservatives pledge not to raise taxes, return to debt brake
Armin Laschet, center, and Markus Soeder, 'elbow bump' beside Angela Merkel, during the launch of the CDU and CSU election manifesto in Berlin, on June 21.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc is pitching itself as the guarantor of German stability and affluence as it seeks to retain control of Europe’s largest economy.
The Christian Democrat-led group agreed Monday on broad goals to invest in technologies from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to hydrogen and solar power, while promoting growth. But the 139-page platform offered few specifics, basing its appeal to voters mainly around its track record as the dominant force in Merkel-led governments for 16 years.