A political experiment takes shape under Scholz in Germany
The coalition agreement made public this week conceals what are potentially awkward policy differences among the three parties, which have never governed together at national level.
After Germany’s 2017 Bundestag elections, almost six months passed before a new coalition government took office. This time it’s different.
If, as expected, Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is confirmed as chancellor in a Bundestag vote planned for the second week of December, it will have taken Germany just over 70 days to form a government since the September 26 elections.
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Tony Barber is Europe editor for the Financial Times.
