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Reforms implemented by Gerhard Schröder and continued by the grand coalition could face a social contestation concerning minimum wage or jobseeker’s allowance for seniors. In the context of pre-electoral repositioning for the SPD, internal matters – creating debate in a cacophonous but lasting coalition – are numerous: reform of federalism, organization of the health system, creation of a generalized minimum wage, etc.Jérôme Vaillant, German Civilization Professor at University Charles de Gaulle (Lille III), is chief Editor of the journal Allemagne d’aujourd’hui.