Germany's Merz pleads for breakthrough on key reforms as clock ticks

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2026-06-11

Berlin (dpa) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday pleaded for a breakthrough in tough negotiations over the government's package of social reforms. "Either we shy away from changes, changes that initially involve restrictions," Merz said in a major address to lawmakers in the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament. "Or we harness the strengths and potential we have to turn things around for everyone and reposition ourselves mor......

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