German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is negotiating as much as €20 billion ($22.8 billion) in income-tax relief as it taps momentum for its broader reform agenda, though the parties remain divided on how to pay for the cuts.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition is negotiating as much as €20 billion ($22.8 billion) in income-tax relief as it taps momentum for its broader reform agenda, though the parties remain divided on how to pay for the cuts.
Friedrich Merz on June 25. Photographer: Bernd Elmenthaler/dpa/AP Photo