The government's disarray was on full display after Germany's highest court ruled Wednesday that the centerpiece of the alliance's environmental strategy - a plan to repurpose â¬60 billion left over from an emergency COVID-19 fund to finance the coalition's climate agenda - was unconstitutional.
If you want to put a fine point on it, you could say that this coalition is back to square one," said Albrecht von Lucke, a prominent German political scientist and commentator.
With less than two years until the next national election, expected in the fall of 2025, such an outcome seems unlikely, especially because it's not clear how the Christian Democrats, who now lead the polls by a wide margin, would benefit as a junior partner.
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