German governing coalition fails to settle disputes after 20 hours of talks


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Mar 2023

BERLIN (Reuters) - The three parties in Germany's governing coalition on Monday ended 20 hours of talks without resolving disputes over spending and other issues although Chancellor Olaf Scholz said they achieved "very good progress."

Amid worries about policy gridlock in Europe's largest economy, Germany's first coalition at the federal level, which joins Scholz's Social Democrats, the Greens and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), has been arguing for weeks or months over various policy initiatives.

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