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Is Germany’s powerful finance minister in over his head?
Lars Klingbeil has rapidly risen to become one of his country’s most influential politicians. But the hard part is just ...
New chancellor, old constraints: Germany’s Friedrich Merz will have a hard time freeing the country from its self-imposed shackles
Post-WWII Germany has long been wary of state power and unfettered spending − and that may stymie new chancellor’s plans.