Tax & Spend
Germany’s Would-Be Leader Touts His Recipe for a Growth Miracle
- Merz wants voters to back a distinctly pro-business agenda
- Political compromises may water down what he can achieve
For Chancellor-hopeful Friedrich Merz, the keys to unlocking a new era of prosperity lie in revisiting the policies that helped drive Germany’s postwar economic miracle.
The Christian Democratic Union leader vying to succeed Olaf Scholz is touting a distinctly pro-business agenda of lower taxes, less regulation and fewer handouts informed by a decade of rubbing shoulders with the country’s executives.