Federal Government: Union Is Concerned About the Ability of the Coalition to Act

Handelsblatt

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Tensions in the black and red government are increasing, while the AfD continues to gain approval in the polls. Can the coalition still deliver under this pressure?

berliner-sonntagsblatt.de

Factuality

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The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) are concerned about the ability of the governing coalition to govern effectively. CDU politician Steffen Bilger told the Handelsblatt newspaper that the obstructionism and blame-shifting he had heard from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in recent days were eroding public trust in the government's ability to act. The coalition must immediately return to a "constructive reform…