Germany’s ruling coalition reached a deal on a second package of measures to ease the burden on consumers and businesses from soaring energy costs. Matthias Miersch, a deputy caucus leader for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats, confirmed an agreement had been reached after all-night talks. Leaders from the three ruling parties — Scholz’s SPD, the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats — will announce details at 11 a.m. in Berlin, Miersch said in an interview with public broadcaster ZDF. A first set of relief measures agreed last month — which Finance Minister Christian Lindner said is worth 4.5 billion euros ($4.9 billion) — included subsidies for low-income households and an increase in an allowance for commuters. The ruling parties were initially at odds on what the second package should contain, with Lindner and his FDP party calling for a direct rebate on fuel prices at the pump and the […]