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European diplomacy in Gaza crisis prepares trap for Palestinians

By Peter Schwarz, January 7, 2009

Unlike the United States, which has given its unconditional backing to Israel and opposed all cease-fire proposals following Israel's onslaught on the Gaza Strip, Europe has undertaken a series of dip...

France: Sarkozy moves to control public television

By Olivier Laurent, January 7, 2009

President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to strengthen his control over French public television are being put into action.

Germany: Open questions in the stabbing of police chief in Bavaria

By Markus Salzmann, January 7, 2009

While it is well established that the German police and intelligence services have a significant number of agents in right-wing extremist groups, the perpetrator and his accomplices in the stabbing of...

Russia cuts off Ukrainian gas supply

Energy conflict threatens EU shortages

By Niall Green, January 3, 2009

The Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom turned off all gas supplies to Ukraine, threatening supplies to the European Union.

Britain: Financial pain and insecurity for millions of families in 2009

By Julie Hyland, January 2, 2009

A report from the British Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development said that 2009 will be the worst for job losses in at least 20 years, with some 300,000 workers laid off in the months leadin...

German Chancellor Merkel defends Israeli onslaught on Gaza

By Dietmar Henning, January 2, 2009

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has given her full backing to the murderous attack launched by Israel on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Britain: A revealing exchange on a national unity government

By Julie Hyland, December 24, 2008

A revealing exchange took place in the Guardian newspaper earlier this month between former Labour minister Frank Field and veteran Labourite Tony Benn on the prospects for a government of national un...

Berlin Forum for Security Policy—popularising war once again

By Bernd Reinhardt, December 24, 2008

German president Horst Köhler argued in favour of rehabilitating Germany’s militarist tradition at the recent Berlin Forum for Security Policy.

WSWS reports from Athens

“This is more than a protest, it is an anti-capitalist movement”

By Marius Heuser and Markus Salzmann, December 22, 2008

The WSWS spoke with some of the workers who have occupied the headquarters of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) in Athens since last Wednesday.

German court provides legal stamp for hard labour

By Dietmar Henning, December 20, 2008

The ruling by a German court means that an unemployed person with outstanding credentials can be forced to perform the most menial types of labour for just one euro an hour—or be punished by having ...

Iceland faces rising unemployment and rampant inflation

By Jordan Shilton, December 20, 2008

Protests continue in Reykjavík to demand the resignation of the government and central bank chiefs and the holding of fresh elections. Opposition has also been expressed to the privatisation drive re...

Greece: Student protests target Karamanlis government

By Robert Stevens, December 20, 2008

The slogans of the demonstrations have become increasingly hostile to the New Democracy government of Costas Karamanlis. Among the banners held by the students was one declaring, “Topple the governm...