A nation of slackers? Why Friedrich Merz wants Germans to work more
https://www.ft.com/content/ad7b6001-52fa-4cf4-a05a-35b994be878e
Bleak demographics and short average work weeks could come to haunt Europe’s largest economy.
Why We’re Rooting for Germany’s Conservative Chancellor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/opinion/merz-germany-chancellor.html
https://www.ft.com/content/ad7b6001-52fa-4cf4-a05a-35b994be878e
Bleak demographics and short average work weeks could come to haunt Europe’s largest economy.
Why We’re Rooting for Germany’s Conservative Chancellor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/opinion/merz-germany-chancellor.html
New chancellor, old constraints: Germany’s Friedrich Merz will have a hard time freeing the country from its self-imposed shackles
https://theconversation.com/new-chancellor-old-constraints-germanys-friedrich-merz-will-have-a-hard-time-freeing-the-country-from-its-self-imposed-shackles-256048
https://theconversation.com/new-chancellor-old-constraints-germanys-friedrich-merz-will-have-a-hard-time-freeing-the-country-from-its-self-imposed-shackles-256048
What Germany’s Economy Really Needs
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/what-germanys-economy-really-needs
Merz’s Plans for Rearmament and Austerity Won’t Work.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/what-germanys-economy-really-needs
Merz’s Plans for Rearmament and Austerity Won’t Work.
German stocks hit record high as trade optimism buoys markets
https://www.ft.com/content/db1ee4ee-4d58-4a0a-bdd3-42c3fd90fa2e
Emmanuel Cau, head of European equity strategy at Barclays, said the trade news had given a broad boost to stock markets.
But he added: “There is an extra degree of excitement in Germany as part of this revival narrative and the arrival of the new government. There’s more and more interest in Germany.”
https://www.ft.com/content/db1ee4ee-4d58-4a0a-bdd3-42c3fd90fa2e
Emmanuel Cau, head of European equity strategy at Barclays, said the trade news had given a broad boost to stock markets.
But he added: “There is an extra degree of excitement in Germany as part of this revival narrative and the arrival of the new government. There’s more and more interest in Germany.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/07/germany-chosen-leader-but-economy-disaster/
Merz’s election embarrassment threatens to sap momentum and prologue financial troubles.
Germany at the Crossroads