The Volkswagen affair was a missed opportunity for the left
You couldn’t ask for a clearer demonstration of the dominance of corporate power over democratic governments
You couldn’t ask for a clearer demonstration of the dominance of corporate power over democratic governments
Let’s not further diminish our standing in Europe
Unlucky Greece has ‘got on the nerves’ of the finance ministers
A German NGO has accused the BDI of purveying ‘grossly false information’ about the controversial deal
We look back and say we would have ‘done more to stop it’ when posterity will judge our own age unflatteringly
But the left shouldn’t despair.
The row between Canada and Germany over the future of the stalled CETA free trade deal rumbles on after Germany said it wanted to re-open the talks.
The rift in the French government speaks more broadly to what the left-wing narrative should sound like on the austerity obsessions of Germany and the European Union
On July 3, Germany moved towards introducing a legally binding national minimum wage set at €8.5 an hour.
The new leader of the giant German union IG Metall, Detlef Wetzel, has warned German companies operating in the US against violating employment rights and opposing the right of workers to form unions.