The German Government's First Report Card
Although Germany's three-party coalition government inherited multiple brewing crises when it came to power 100 days ago, it has risen to the occasion in many ways. But with each of the parties already having had to abandon some of its core principles, maintaining unity will be an ongoing challenge.
BERLIN – The time-honored American tradition of assessing a government’s first 100 days has found its way to Germany, where pundits are scoring the performance of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Ampelkoalition (“traffic light coalition”), comprising the Social Democrats (SPD), the Free Democrats (FDP), and the Greens.