German coalition unlikely to last until September 2025
Pressure for break-up after Sep 1 east German poll could hit euro
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A SENSE of foreboding is building in Germany about prospects for government stability. Under pressure from all sides, the fractious three-party coalition under Chancellor Olaf Scholz may not last the legislative period up to the scheduled general election in September 2025.
Scholz is trying to keep his creaking administration intact in view of the high-tension international environment, but the forces leading to break-up could soon become overwhelming.
The nearly three-year partnership between Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) is deeply unpopular, publicly divided and strikingly ineffective.
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