German welfare state 'can no longer be financed' — Merz
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for a reform of Germany's social welfare spending while ruling out tax increases on medium-sized companies.
The comments, made at a state-level party conference of his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Lower Saxony on Saturday, will likely be seen as paving the way for further contention with his government coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD).
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