No End to Neoliberalism in Germany

What can be expected of Germany’s “traffic light” coalition? More (eco-)austerity, more privatization, more disciplining of the Eurozone, and more disciplining of the working class.

The contours of the coming “traffic-light coalition”—consisting of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens, and the market-liberal Free Democrats (FDP)—point towards a neoliberal restoration with a vengeance. The incoming minister of finance, the FDP’s Christian Lindner, will probably give the dreaded Wolfgang Schäuble a run for his money when it comes t…