International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Merz-Klingbeil government is Trumpism lite

Heinrich Neuhaus — 2025-05-23T13:47:39Z

Germany's latest variant of the GroKo (Grosse Koalition, Grand Coalition), with Friedrich Merz (CDU/CSU) as Chancellor and Lars Klingbeil (SPD) as Vice-Chair, aims, according to the coalition agreement, to represent “responsibility for Germany”. Translated from political newspeak, this means that the amount of profits is untouchable.

- IVP604 - May 2025 / Germany

Germany: After the federal elections, resistance not adaptation!

Heinrich Neuhaus, J. H. Wassermann — 2025-03-11T08:06:19Z

The results of the German federal elections held on 23 February 2025 confirm that the country's shift to the right can be halted. In parliament, the conservative CDU/CSU, with 208 seats, and the fascist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), with 152 seats, have achieved the strongest positions. Together, they represent a large majority of the 630 MPs. The AfD sees itself as the real winner, having more than doubled its share of the vote from 10.3% to 20.8%.

- IVP602 - March 2025 / Germany

Germany: Alstom, staff cuts, closures, relocation

Heinrich Neuhaus — 2025-01-22T10:32:33Z

One thing is indisputable: the management of Alstom, the French global manufacturer of rail technology, is sticking to its current strategy, which has been dictated by its major shareholders, and the effects of which can be seen in Mannheim-Käfertal.

- IVP600 - January 2025 / Germany, Trade unions/workplace organizing