How is the German government faring?

For SRF correspondent Simone Fatzer, the approved healthcare reform does little to improve the image of the Merz coalition:

“It is a good sign and good for future cooperation that the government was able to agree on these steps. But as Merz put it, even that was a ‘major feat’. How loud the criticism from the governing parties will be remains to be seen. There are already rumblings of discontent. Pension and tax reforms are on the government’s agenda for the coming weeks. They will cut deep and thus be highly contentious. And since the governing parties are doing so badly in the polls and the opposition AfD is doing so well, tensions are rising – which won’t help the ability to compromise one bit.”