Facing fierce Chinese competition, American tariff barriers, soaring energy prices, and suffering from a technological lag in electric mobility, the strongholds of German co-determination, which until now have been the major German car manufacturers, are exerting pressure to scale down their production apparatus and costs. Beyond the phenomenon of openly anti-union corporate managements, such as Tesla or SAP, there are an increasing number of unilateral announcements and declarations from emplo
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.