The coalition negotiations have concluded with the “traffic light” coalition being agreed, and so on 8 December 2021 Olaf Scholz was sworn in as the new German Chancellor in the Bundestag, marking the end of Angela Merkel’s 16 year tenure. Now that the coalition is in place, what will this mean for business?

In our latest podcast, senior knowledge lawyer Alison Dickie speaks to David Issmer, Freshfields’ Head of Public Affairs in Germany, and German tax partners David Beutel, Philipp Redeker and Georg Roderburg to discuss the coalition agreement and what it tells us about the priorities of the “traffic light” coalition, for both global and domestic tax policy as well as for businesses with a Germany presence.