Wrong U-turn
2 March 2017
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Angela Merkel’s Social Democratic challenger wants to roll back some of the labour market reforms pushed through 15 years ago by his own party. This plays well with voters but may harm Germany’s growth prospects. Abandoning excessive fiscal rigour would be the better U-turn.
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