Germany
German Left Party retreats from its demand for a withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
By Peter Schwarz, September 19, 2009
By shifting away from its demand for an immediate withdrawal of German troops from Afghanistan, the Left Party is declaring its readiness to take up responsibility for the military deployment and defe...
What happened in Kunduz?
The German army steps up its deployment in Afghanistan
By Ludwig Weller and Peter Schwarz, September 18, 2009
Following the latest massacre in Kunduz there is a growing chorus of opinion in German military and right-wing political circles that it is time for the German army to pull off its kid gloves and cond...
The GM-Magna deal
German metal workers’ union backs government in geostrategic power struggle
By Ulrich Rippert, September 17, 2009
The IG Metall trade union is playing a crucial role in implementing the foreign policy interests of the German government.
With a green light from company trade unions
The Porsche and Piëch clans pillage Volkswagen
By Patrick Richter, September 16, 2009
Volkswagen’s takeover of Porsche is an all-or–nothing gamble with unforeseeable consequences. Only one thing remains certain—the unyielding loyalty of the works councils and German trade unions ...
German TV debate between leading election candidates
Merkel and Steinmeier promote the grand coalition
By Peter Schwarz, September 16, 2009
The so-called duel between the election candidates of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) televised on Sunday evening was nothing less than promotion for a conti...
Following GM announcement on new talks with Magna
German auto union offers further concessions to Opel
By Dietmar Henning, September 14, 2009
The German trade union IG Metall rushed to assure GM-Opel management that it is prepared to make more concessions following the latest announcement from General Motors.
Following massacre in Kunduz
Left Party comes to the aid of German government
By Stefan Steinberg, September 12, 2009
Following the massacre in Kunduz, Afghanistan, the German Left Party has expressed its readiness to discuss an “exit strategy” with Germany’s ruling parties.
German SEP statement opposing an SPD-Left Party government
September 11, 2009
This video opposing an SPD-Left Party government was posted by the German Socialist Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit—PSG)
Germany: State Premier of North Rhine Westphalia slanders Romanian workers
By Elisabeth Zimmermann, September 11, 2009
At rallies held as part of the state legislative election campaign in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia, state premier Jürgen Rüttgers (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) delivered a racist t...
German SEP posts video statement against war in Afghanistan
September 9, 2009
This video demanding the withdrawal of all troops from Afghanistan was posted by the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit—PSG.
Germany: IG Metall boosts SPD at Frankfurt election rally
By our reporters, September 8, 2009
Three weeks before the September 27 German federal election, the IG Metall has gone to great lengths to stage an election rally for the Social Democratic Party.
German federal election on September 27:
What does the Pirate Party stand for?
By Dietmar Henning and Andreas Kunstmann, September 7, 2009
The Pirate Party is a right-wing bourgeois party which, programmatically speaking, is close to the free market FDP and Greens. Not surprisingly, the Swedish deputy of the Pirate Party in the European ...
