Bundestag Blues: Why One Rebellion Won’t Be the Last

There is something almost musical about the way modern German politics keeps hitting unexpected minor chords. Just when investors think they have the melody figured out—big-tent coalitions, sober fiscal rules, process over passion—the score throws in a jangling diminished seventh and the orchestra misses its cue. Yesterday’s Bundestag performance supplied the latest discordant note.

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