Both parties have moved on the major issues at hand, and to an extent that they can turn around and sell the deal to their constituencies. That seems to be the main point here.
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It will be a compromise. The Union will be able to push through fewer reforms than they planned to, or than we need.Uwe Andersen
In my perspective, the majority of the German population is still not ready to accept a real hard reform course.
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She has done a good job insofar as she hasn't made any mistakes. But we'll have to see how she does on the really big reforms after the state elections before we can judge if she is doing well in a positive sense, rather than just not making mistakes.
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It's a very mixed message from the voters. The majority of the population is still not ready to go through with a harder reform course. On the other hand, they know that things can't go any further with the red-green coalition government.
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The notion that the Parliament has been elected, and that laws passed by a majority are valid, seems to matter a lot more in Germany than in France.
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We'll have to wait to see the content of the coalition agreement. It will be an important sign of whether the government is ready to undertake basic reforms or only reforms too small to get Germany out of a very difficult situation.
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