Germany
Germany’s Left Party and the European elections
By Lucas Adler, June 13, 2009
If one analyses the current European election result of the Left Party, the conclusion is clear: workers, the unemployed and those dependent on welfare payments are increasingly dismissive of this par...
European elections
Germany: The significance of the Socialist Equality Party campaign
By Ulrich Rippert, June 12, 2009
The German Socialist Equality Party was the only party participating in the European elections to make clear the real extent of the capitalist crisis and to propose a socialist transformation of socie...
Germany: The Greens declare their allegiance to the bourgeoisie
By Peter Schwarz, June 12, 2009
Following a relatively good showing in the European elections, the German Greens have reiterated their hopes of participating in a future government alongside conservative parties.
56,000 jobs threatened
German government forces retail group Arcandor into bankruptcy
By Markus Salzmann and Ulrich Rippert, June 11, 2009
The decision by the German government to force one of the country's biggest business groups into bankruptcy is a direct response to the European elections. Following the Social Democratic Party’s dr...
European elections 2009
Berlin meeting concludes SEP election campaign
By our correspondent, June 10, 2009
A meeting by the Socialist Equality Party in Berlin was the culmination of a successful campaign in the 2009 European elections.
Germany: Arcandor retail group faces bankruptcy
By Markus Salzmann, June 9, 2009
Unions, SPD and the Left Party are demanding the German government intervene to bail out the ailing Arcandor group, which faces bankruptcy.
The Opel fraud
Opel: Magna deal means layoffs, wage cuts and splitting of the European workforce
By Dietmar Henning, June 6, 2009
The German government, the IG Metall trade union and company works councils are attempting to portray the deal struck by General Motors, Magna and the Russian state bank Sberbank as a success, althoug...
New documents reveal:
1967 police murder of West German student was committed by a Stasi agent
By Justus Leicht, June 3, 2009
Fresh documents reveal that the West German policeman who murdered German student Benno Ohnesorg in 1967 was working as an agent for the East German Stalinist security forces—the notorious Stasi.
The Opel rescue plan: Who is being rescued?
By Ulrich Rippert, May 30, 2009
Irrespective of which takeover bid is successful, all the proposed plans for Opel involve job cuts, wage reductions, cuts in break time and more shift work.
The Grundgesetz: 60 years of Germany’s post-war constitution
By Justus Leicht, May 28, 2009
Sixty years ago, May 23, 1949, saw the enactment of the Grundgesetz (literally, basic law, or constitution).
The German Left Party loses support and two prominent members
By Lucas Adler, May 28, 2009
The German Left Party has sunk below 10 percent approval in opinion polls as the economic crisis deepens.
Opel rescue plan: German unions offer wage cuts
By Ludwig Weller, May 26, 2009
Leading representatives of the German IG Metall engineering union have offered to sacrifice €1 billion in members’ wages to “rescue” Opel.
