As you all may know, Angela Merkel won the German elections, and is yet again "a Chancellor for all Germans", as pledged by Merkel herself. But what differences are to come with her new government? According to CNN, Merkel is eyeing a new coalition to replace her party's (Christian Democratic Union) previous coalition with the Social Democratic Party. She is expected to form a new coalition with the Free Democratic Party, a more economically liberal party, which would have big implications to Germany. But what would this implicate?
According to CNN's Fred Pleitgen, there will be a lot more pro-business policies than in the past and a smaller government. The FDP openly stated that they need a tax structure reform. All this is "to secure jobs, create new ones and drive growth more decisively" in these difficult economic times, as stated by Merkel. This would be in line with the FDP's political guidelines that sustainthe principles of freedom and individual responsibility under a government "as extensive as necessary, and as limited as possible"
