Germany’s ruling coalition is meeting Sunday in Berlin to try to move beyond bickering over issues including climate protection and next year’s budget and dispel the impression that it’s a spent force after only 15 months in power.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party government — stitched together from his center-left Social Democrats, the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats — is unlikely to crumble anytime soon. But recent public sniping has fueled concern that it will be unable to enact policies in the coalition agreement that are essential for Germany’s transition to a more environmentally friendly and technologically advanced economy.
