Germany

Progressive state intervention in support of jobs, businesses and inclusive growth is compatible with both the current state aid rules and a future trade relationship based on a level playing field, says the TUC.

Thirty years ago when the Berlin Wall fell, the Nicolaikirche in Leipzig had gained a reputation as a gathering point for events signalling the end of an era of communist rule in what was then East Germany.

Space for organisations and journalists that are critical of governments is shrinking, say German civil society and rights organisations.

The European Commission argues that the Bavarian authorities’ failure to act on a court judgment “goes to the very heart of the rule of law”.