Finance
Heinrich Neuhaus – Germany: Alstom, staff cuts, closures, relocation
More signs of Germany de-industrialising, leaving thousands of workers in search of decent jobs. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the full article HERE.
Germany
Geopolitics
Esad Širbegović – How the Magdeburg Christmas market attack exposed Germany’s blindness to Islamophobic violence
Germany’s state-sponsored Islamophobia means that the ideology motivating the Magdeburg Christmas market attacker has to be brushed under the carpet. Esad Širbegović is a writer and analyst based in Zurich, Switzerland. He is also a […]
EU politics
Politico – Germany’s Scholz loses historic confidence vote
Scholz will be out in a couple of months, but will there be any real change? Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Politico – Scholz campaigns on refusal to send long-range missiles to Ukraine
An indication of how the political winds are changing: politician in Germany campaigning on NOT sending weapons for Ukraine. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Ali Nobil Ahmad – Handsomely Funded to Ignore Genocide
‘Germany’s main parties each have a state-funded political foundation, meant to promote a culture of democratic debate. Boasting thousands of employees, they have enforced a collective silence on the genocide in Gaza out of obedience […]
Finance
Frédéric Fréry – Volkswagen: the end of a German industrial myth?
Volkswagen is Germany’s largest private-sector employer, but it now faces a mammoth crisis which was partly self-inflicted. Frédéric Fréry is professor of Strategy at CentraleSupélec, ESCP Business School. Cross-posted from The Conversation In late October 2024, […]
EU politics
Politico – Germany may hold election sooner than planned, Scholz says
Germany’s Chancellor has lost all authority. He could be gone by Christmas. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Pauline Ertel – A new German resolution seeks to deprive Israel critics of public money
The latest authoritarian crackdown on Pro-Palestinian sentiment in Germany. This Resolution was passed on 7 November. Believe it or not, but the Left Party (Die Linken) abstained. There is nothing traumatic about fascism in Germany. […]
Climate Crisis
Jasper Steinlein and Jonathan Packroff – German industry crashes Habeck’s subsidy party
Robert Habeck, co-leader of the German Greens and Economy minister, is losing the support of German big business as the country de-industrialises at a rate of knots. In ‘Euractiv’. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Euronews – German Chancellor says any future Ukraine peace conference must include Russia
If Olaf Scholz is saying it, then it won’t be long before all EU governments decide that it’s time to give peace a chance. Read the article HERE.