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Since the 1960s, Germanyās most powerful trade union – the two-million-member-strong IG Metall, or IGM – has locked its works councils, but…
When people hear the word degrowth, when not problematized or adverted by the rejection of the growth paradigm, they often imagine a future…
Hardliners on both sides in the Ukraine war are pursuing a chimaera in the hope of a miracle. Moscow appears to believe that…
What happened last Thursday in Ceuta was a border spectacle of surprising scale and scope. Tens of thousands of mainly young fellow Moroccans stormed…
āBritain canāt stop climate change. Letās just embrace a Mediterranean lifestyleā This has to be a serious candidate for the most foolish…
For some time, Germany – legally and politically – is well on the way to become a sustainable state. Among other things,…
This may seem like a slightly belated reaction to Indiaās Presidentās visit to Macedonia 20-23 July. Yet the event deserves a brief…
During the spring heat wave, Europe registered an estimated 800 so-called āsurplus deathsā. Meanwhile in Germany, deaths by heat are not even…
On July 23ānow the 54th day of the protestādemonstrations took place not only at the usual afternoon time but also in the…
This research was conducted for theĀ Institute for Public Policy ResearchĀ (IPPR), an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society.…
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