Merz to Meet German Coalition Partners as Reform Agenda Falters

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is seeking to reverse his beleaguered government’s fortunes by getting an ambitious reform agenda back on track amid plummeting public support.

Merz’s Christian Democratic-led conservatives and the Social Democrats will meet on Tuesday to try to find consensus on a plan to overhaul Germany’s tax and pension system. It takes place five weeks after another crisis meeting ended in acrimony so grave that coalition members are asking whether the future of the government may be at risk, according to people familiar with the matter.