German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has ruled out cooperating with Chancellor Olaf Scholz after the collapse of the three-party coalition in Berlin. “We won’t be able to achieve any more reforms with this government,” Merz told German public broadcaster ARD on Thursday. “At best we would be able to clear away a few leftovers.” Merz reiterated that his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) would not discuss joint resolutions with Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD). “We will not let the chancellor show us up here. Nor will we allow ourselves to be jointly responsible for the failures of this …