Chancellor Angela Merkel’s grand coalition on Monday hammered out an awkward compromise on one of its key reform projects, agreeing the first steps of a fundamental overhaul to a healthcare system that has stood since the days of Otto von Bismarck.
By Hugh Williamson in Berlin
Published: July 3 2006 10:57 | Last updated: July 3 2006 19:23
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s grand coalition on Monday hammered out an awkward compromise on one of its key reform projects, agreeing the first steps of a fundamental overhaul to a healthcare system that has stood since the days of Otto von Bismarck.