Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition government is heading into weekend talks deadlocked over billions of euros in relief for German consumers hit by surging in energy prices.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition government is heading into weekend talks deadlocked over billions of euros in relief for German consumers hit by surging in energy prices.
Fuel price signs at a Shell Plc and a TotalEnergies SE gas station in Schwedt, Germany, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. The price of oil and natural gas jumped as escalating attacks in the Persian Gulf threatened long-term damage to major energy facilities.