Did you actually read the article, clown-boy?
They aren't switching to a new system, they are raising the costs of the current one. And Merkel will probably get tossed out on her can next election... and good riddance.
THey are desperately trying to make it work because they have the same experience as anyone when you give stuff away for free: soaring demand and costs and inadequate revenue.
Or did you miss Econ 101? Oh yeah, that's a college class.
Yet they spend 11% of GDP while we spend about 18%.
Don't ruin his lecture. He took Econ 101, and is therefore all-knowing.