Germany
Negotiations over future of carmaker Opel face collapse
By Marianne Arens and Peter Schwarz, September 5, 2009
Opel workers remain in the dark over the future of the company, following concerted opposition from General Motors to a sell-off of its European operations to Austrian-Canadian auto supplier Magna.
Why the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Socialist Equality Party of Germany) opposes an SPD-Left Party government
By Ulrich Rippert, PSG candidate in German federal election, September 4, 2009
German media and political circles are singing the praises of the Left Party and its leader, Oskar Lafontaine, following an increased vote for the party in recent state elections.
Germany: Federal Grand Coalition parties lose support in North Rhine-Westphalia local elections
By Sybille Fuchs, September 3, 2009
Germany’s two largest political parties—the Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party—suffered significant losses in local elections held last Sunday in the country’s most pop...
German Socialist Equality Party election video
September 2, 2009
This video spot has been produced by the German Socialist Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit—PSG) as part of its campaign for the German federal election which takes place on September 2...
SEP (Germany) appeals for international support for its election campaign
September 2, 2009
The German section of the International Committee of the Fourth International, the Socialist Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit—PSG), invites World Socialist Web Site readers all over th...
Germany: Big losses for the conservative CDU in state elections
By Peter Schwarz, September 2, 2009
The results of the three state elections held in Germany last Sunday provide a glimpse into the real state of social relations in the country.
CIA secret prisons organized from Germany
By Jan Peters, September 1, 2009
A report in the New York Times confirms that the CIA planned and organized at least three secret prisons from the German city of Frankfurt/Main beginning in 2003.
Local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia
German Left Party ready to work with right-wing CDU
By Sybille Fuchs, September 1, 2009
A leading member of the German Left Party has declared that in principle his party is ready to cooperate with the conservative Christian Democratic Union.
Germany: SEP begins crucial phase of federal election campaign
By our correspondents, August 31, 2009
The German Socialist Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit—PSG) began its so-called “hot phase” of the federal election campaign over the weekend.
2009 German parliamentary election: a conspiracy of silence on the implications of the economic crisis
By Peter Schwarz, August 29, 2009
While the election result on September 27 remains open, one thing is certain: The coming government—irrespective of its composition—will shift the burden of the crisis onto the population.
GM and Opel: the struggle for dominance in the global auto market
By Ulrich Rippert, August 28, 2009
The intensive intervention by the German government on behalf of a Magna takeover of GM-Europe is not merely part of the election campaign being conducted by the various partners in the ruling grand c...
The bidding war for Opel and German-Russian relations
By Dietmar Henning, August 26, 2009
As negotiations between General Motors and international automotive supplier Magna continue over the sale of GM’s Opel division, it is apparent that German foreign policy considerations are playing ...
