A wave of transport strikes plunges Germany into confusion. Workers' organizations demand more money and fewer hours of work.
Stoppages in transport infrastructure have multiplied in recent weeks. From an economic point of view, the strikes and protests come at an inopportune moment in which the forecasts for the German economy are still far from being those desired. But there can always be surprises, says IW expert Hagen Lesch, who assumes that the upcoming conflicts this year will have less impact than the current ones.