German welfare state 'can no longer be financed' — Merz - The German chancellor has called for a welfare reform, putting him on course for a possible clash with the SPD.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for a reform of Germany's social welfare spending while ruling out tax increases on medium-sized companies.

The comments, made at a state-level party conference of his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Lower Saxony on Saturday, will likely be seen as paving the way for further contention with his government coalition...