Candidate for Chancellorship Dr. Angela Merkel has just announced she wants tax cuts, paying for it by cutting the budget. We can do better, we will do better. In foreign policy, Germany will come back as a mediator - between the East and West of Europe and between the UK/US and France/Russia.
I read that a year or two ago, Merkel proposed rather drastic freemarket reforms to the Welfare system and labor market, BUT Stoiber successfully watered down those reforms.
I was wondering, if Merkel becomes Chancellor, will Stoiber still be able to water down economic reforms or will Merkel be able to do what she wants without worrying about a veto from Stoiber who is fiscally socialist?