Bleak demographics and short average work weeks could come to haunt Europe’s largest economy

https://archive.is/CUo0k

Merz’s coalition must persuade younger generations to surrender more of their free time to support Europe’s largest economy

The coalition between Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democrats have, in their treaty which defines the political agenda until the next election, committed to incentives to persuade Germans to increase their working hours, and to delay retirement.

  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    161·
    1 day ago

    Social Democrats

    Germany has a social democratic party, called the Greens, but they did not sign the coalition agreement. The author means the Social Democratic Party of Germany, which is a conservative-liberal joke. Kinda like Labour in the UK.

    (Yes I’m being facetious but am I wrong?)

    • celeste@feddit.orgEnglish
      61·
      13 hours ago

      The Greens aren’t much better dog, and everyone calls the SPD that, because it’s their name. Yes they have done the same shitty neoliberal politics. Remember that we had a red-green coalition under Schröder and they were also part of the traffic light coalition.