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Friedrich Merz’s fight to fix the German economy is already on the ropes

BERLIN — Less than five months since he became chancellor, Friedrich Merz’s options for ending Germany’s long economic stagnation already look slim. Merz came to power on a promise to bring a speedy

Bayrou’s last stand: Waking France up to the boomer pension timebomb

François Bayrou, France’s latest embattled prime minister, is blaming the country’s 19 million over-60s for pushing state finances to the brink. Looking likely to be the latest French leader to fall on

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