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Alin Munteanu is the president of Cartel Alfa Gorj at Complex Energetic Oltenia. He spoke to Cross-border Talks about the trade union perspective towards just transition in Romania. The interview was conducted on February 26, 2025.![]()
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"Deeds not words", trade unionist expects politicians to show concern for Romania's energy sector
After Germany’s reunification (1990), Neo-Nazi terrorism metamorphosed into what became known as The Baseball Bat Years of the 1990s. It arose during a wave of renewed right-wing and Neo-Nazi killings resulting in over 220 deaths.![]()
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Meanwhile, Germany also developed a small group of far-left terrorists. They started as the Baader-Meinhof group. It was followed by the Red Army Faction or RAF. One of the RAF’s last known associates is Burkhard Garweg.![]()
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Since 1990, Burkhard Garweg has been accused of being an RAF terrorist. As Germany’s most wanted terrorist, Garweg lingers in Germany’s underground. ![]()
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For the first time since the 1990s, the 56-year-old terrorist is speaking out via a letter sent to one of Germany’s main daily newspapers.![]()
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Inside Germany’s far-left terrorism - Cross-border Talks
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Posted by Thomas Klikauer Overall, Germany’s history has been defined by right-wing terrorism with left-wing...
Interview with the chairman of the trade union of the KNSB in Maritsa-East mines on the attitude of mine workers to the just transition in the Stara Zagora region, to what extent it offers workable solutions and is fair:![]()
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💬 Question: In our conversations and in publications in the media, it has been pointed out that the future of the region after possible decarbonisation is to develop specific industries – mechatronics, agriculture and hydrogen technology. What is your opinion on these intentions? To what extent are they realistic to develop and to what extent are they attractive to miners?![]()
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Answer: These are just wishes. Even one construction peg is not placed. One lump of earth has not been moved so that something new can be built.![]()
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Our labour is hard physical labour. Everyone would like to go to a better place. If there were such factories, there would not even be a need to make the effort. People would go to the better place by themselves. But there isn’t.![]()
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These ideas are the talk of politicians. Let someone show me a project right now for something new in the region. This is talk about absorbing funds.💬![]()
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This interview has been prepared with the support of Journalismfund Europe, within the scope of a broader project concerning just transition in Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and Czechia in a comparative perspective.
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Interview with the chairman of the trade union of the KNSB in Maritsa-East mines on the attitude of mine workers to the just transition in the Stara Zagora region, to what extent it offers workable so...
An interview with a Romanian trade union leader, president of the Federation of Free Trade Unions of Romania affiliated to the National Trade Union Bloc, about just transition in Romania, the attitude of trade unions towards it, the socio-economic situation in the Jiu Valley, expectations for a redefinition of the Green Pact in the Trump 2.0 era, discussions on a new economic model for development in Romania and to what extent a sovereignist president or government could provide a positive change in development policies![]()
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This interview has been prepared with the support of Journalismfund Europe, within the scope of a broader project concerning just transition in Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and Czechia in a comparative perspective.
www.crossbordertalks.eu
An interview with a Romanian trade union leader, president of the Federation of Free Trade Unions of Romania affiliated to the National Trade Union Bloc, about just transition in Romania, the attitude...
Neo-Nazi AfD became by far the strongest political party with the conservative CDU trailing by a distant 23.6%. If Germany is to hold an election next Sunday, Germany-wide, the AfD would receive about 20% of voters’ support. Throughout Germany, the AfD is the second most successful political party today. ![]()
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Yet, many ask “what is the AfD all about?”. Philip Ruch who heads Germany’s “Centre for Political Beauty” argues in his German language book, that Germany has reached a crucial gateway. For Germany, it is “5 to 1933”. Ruch outlines similarities between the year 1933 and today, as well as between today’s AfD and Hitler’s Nazi party of 1933.![]()
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What Germany’s neo-fascist AfD plans and how we can stop it
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Posted by Thomas Klikauer