Trains canceled. Flights grounded. Highways blocked by angry farmers.
The world’s fourth-largest economy has got off to a bumpy start this year. A strike by Lufthansa ground crew on Wednesday was just the latest industrial action to cause travel chaos in recent weeks, after train drivers walked off the job in January over a wage dispute and farmers blocked roads in protest against planned cuts to subsidies.
Widespread walkouts in a country famed for strong legal protections for workers’ interests point to the depth of the malaise gripping Germany.
Europe’s biggest
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