Kommentar: Einer muss den Laden zusammenhalten – gut, dass Merz es tut
Die schwarz-rote Koalition trifft sich zur Kabinettsklausur. Doch die Fliehkräfte sind stark – und machen es schwer, die Reformen bei Rente, Gesundheit und Steuern eins zu eins umzusetzen.
Friedrich Merz must hold the coalition together, it appears, as his efforts are necessary after the summer break. The CDU's inner leadership circle was apparently calm during a meeting on Monday, but the resistance from the party's three eastern state premieres against the pension reform has not waned. The presence of Health Minister Carsten Linnemann wanting to renew the health reform adds to the challenges.
The opposition from the SPD has yet to emerge, with only second-tier politicians rallying against the pension reform starting at age 63. Vise-Chancellor and Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil, who spoke at length at the Bertelsmann-Stiftung in late March, has been notably quiet since then, sounding more like a distant echo of the country's revival and modernization.
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