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In a Position Paper, the Greens Offer Merz Help with Social Reforms.

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Tensions have long been simmering within the federal government over pensions and social reforms. And there's certainly no room for potential constitutional amendments. Now the Greens are offering Chancellor Merz assistance – but they're also making specific demands.

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In view of the necessary social reforms, the Greens are willing to compromise. Friedrich Merz is "the wrong chancellor", but there must be no standstill.

·Germany
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·Munich, Germany
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Tensions have long been simmering within the federal government over pensions and social reforms. And there's certainly no room for potential constitutional amendments. Now the Greens are offering Chancellor Merz assistance – but they're also making specific demands.

·Hamburg, Germany
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The Greens are state-supporting: the group leaders Katharina Dröge and Britta Hasselmann propose a social state reform to the chancellor – including amendment of the Basic Law.

·Germany
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The Green Party's parliamentary group leaders in the Bundestag, Katharina Dröge and Britta Haßelmann, are offering the federal government far-reaching cooperation on reforming the welfare state. "Perhaps right now, especially in times of crisis and uncertainty, a broader understanding on major reforms is needed," Dröge and Haßelmann write in a position paper reported on by "Der Spiegel." The Green politicians propose an "Immediate Action Program…

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Spiegel broke the news in Germany on Friday, February 20, 2026.
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