A backlash against climate initiatives appears to have resonated in conservative strongholds – and could influence future policy
The empty factories in Plattling and Straßkirchen sit just 6 miles (10km) apart but they tell two very different tales about the state of Germany’s economy
an ailing paper factory closed two years ago and put 500 people out of work – a casualty of high gas prices and a symbol of the nationwide “deindustrialisation” that conservatives have blamed squarely on the Greens
In Straßkirchen, cranes are busy assembling a battery factory that will offer 1,600 skilled jobs – a homegrown solution for a car industry that has been overtaken by Chinese competitors in the switch to electric vehicles
Only one of the two narratives has gripped citizens in this rich and conservative corner of the south-east German state of Bavaria
factories are letting people go – it’s all chaos,” said Silvio
Germany’s political enthusiasm for cutting pollution is dwindling
with growing resistance from the centre-right and far-right parties that won half of all votes cast in last Sunday’s federal election
a coalition partner in the outgoing government that led the climate and economy ministry
experienced a small slump as young voters turned to the left
View image in fullscreenA poster on a new car factory in the centre of Straßkirchen
Photograph: Ajit Niranjan/The GuardianAnalysts say it is unclear if the persistent attacks on climate policy played a role in rightwing success at the ballot box
as migration and security were the main topics on the campaign trail
But cries of ideological Green “nonsense” and an “eco-dictatorship” appear to have resonated in conservative strongholds across the country
“The [climate] orders pushed through by Berlin don’t find any support here,” said Lothar Hartmannsgruber
“People see it as invasive and patronising.”
Such views are common in the electoral district of Deggendorf
The three parties that leaned hardest into attacking climate policies – the far-right AfD
and the market-liberal FDP – won more votes here than anywhere else in Germany
Their combined vote share was almost the same in the neighbouring district of Straubing
where BMW is building the electric battery factory
On a chilly Friday morning in Deggendorf town square
locals said high levels of tax and bureaucracy were threatening the Mittelstand – the mid-sized companies that form the backbone of the German economy
the Green climate and economy minister who became an unpopular figure after his clean heating law was torn apart by tabloids
He has also been criticised for resisting calls to extend the lifetime of nuclear power plants
“Habeck is a failure,” said one former metalworker
who gave his last name as Hartl and said he had voted for the AfD
said: “Habeck is a joke figure.” She said she had voted for the conservative CSU
adding: “I hope they’ll be able to drive the economy forward and stop more companies from having to move abroad.”
A handful of voters defended the measures and said the Greens were in charge of the economy during a global pandemic and a war that sent the price of gas soaring – a fuel they had long argued should be replaced with renewables
They also said the overall health of the economy was a mixed bag
outperformed its competitors last year even as industrial output shrank
the unemployment rate of 3.2% is well below the national average
View image in fullscreenElection posters in Berlin
Habeck (pictured) has been criticised for resisting calls to extend the lifetime of nuclear plants
Photograph: Christopher Neundorf/EPA“We’re talking about a crisis that does not exist in such a bad way,” said Jürgen Linder
a self-employed worker in the car industry and one of the 5% of Green voters in Deggendorf
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He said choices by some boardrooms and chief executives had led to the current situation
“If the big companies can’t put an electric car on the market that you can afford without a yearly income of €120,000
you can hardly blame it on the Green economy minister.”
Understanding whether anger at climate policy motivated rightwing voters could prove crucial to how hard the incoming government tries to stop the planet heating. An analysis found nearly three-quarters of AfD voters were sceptical of more climate action
Support among CDU/CSU voters has declined from 47% in autumn 2023 to 37%
“These voters can be reached with a conservative
pro-climate narrative,” said Markus Kollberg
a political scientist at Humboldt University of Berlin who co-authored the research with the not-for-profit organisation Heimatwurzeln
“Left voters are primarily concerned with the environmental and climate-related aspects of the issue,” he said
“Voters on the right care about energy prices
energy security and its impact on economic growth.”
But the election has cast doubt on how willing centre-right politicians will be to make such an argument
The Conservatives have called to overturn the clean heating law and reverse the 2035 ban on new combustion engine cars
View image in fullscreenSebastian Völkl (right) with a friend outside his restaurant in Straßkirchen
Völkl said he voted for the conservatives ‘with a heavy heart’
Photograph: Ajit Niranjan/The GuardianThey will also will be vulnerable to attacks from the emboldened AfD if they compromise with their probable new coalition partners
But the conservatives’ fortunes have also been boosted by voters shocked by the rapid rise of the AfD – and who do not want them to backslide on the climate promises they have made
who runs a restaurant and catering firm in Straßkirchen
said he voted for the conservatives “with a heavy heart” after having previously supported an environmental party that was too small to be represented in the federal parliament
“I know lots of people who voted for the CDU/CSU to get a strong centre,” Völkl said
“Clever people have put environmental protection into the background – unfortunately – because we fear for our democracy.”
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Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ (VWNO) Classic Vehicles department is renowned for preserving the legacy of iconic VW models.
it has unveiled a rare gem from its collection: a 1955 Bulli rail bus
The meticulously restored 1955 Klv-20 is a unique rail bus that showcases a blend of automotive and railway engineering
The Klv-20, developed in collaboration with the Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Federal Railway), was designed to address the need for efficient and adaptable service vehicles for rail infrastructure maintenance
This unusual Bulli has been described as the “rail track vehicle for universal use.”
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20 October 2023 at 12:30 EEST) – In July UPM Communication Papers announced plans to permanently close its Plattling mill in Germany to align graphic paper capacity to the customer demand
The participation process with the employee representatives has now been completed and the mill will cease its production latest by the end of November 2023
The number of UPM employees affected is 401
Graphic paper production on the two machines is expected to end on 15 November (PM 11) and on 22 November (PM 1)
reducing the coated and uncoated publication paper capacity by 595,000 tonnes in Europe
we entered into a fair dialogue with the aim of creating responsible solutions for our employees
Thanks to the considerate and collaborative attitude of all parties involved during the consultations
socially acceptable solutions were achieved with a clear focus on possible follow-up employment
ultimately mitigating the impact of the closure for our employees,” says Gerhard Mayer
For local information please contact:Gerhard Mayer
UPM, Media RelationsMon-Fri 9:00-16:00 EESTtel. +358 40 588 3284media@upm.com
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UPM and employee representatives have completed the participation process on the planned closure of the company's Plattling mill in Germany
UPM announced that the mill will be closed by the end of November 2023 latest
Paper production on PM 11 is expected to end on 15 November
and PM 1 is to stop producing paper on 22 November
reducing the coated and uncoated magazine paper output capacity in Europe by 595,000 tpy
About 400 employees will be affected the closure
UPM announced plans to close the Plattling in southeastern Germany mill to align its output capacity for printing and writing paper to customer demand
which is on a continuous structural decline
the company had expected fixed cost savings of around €60m
restructuring charges of €122m and an impairment of the leased CHP plant as items affecting comparability in its Q3 results
UPM re-confirmed this estimate as the financial impact of the closure
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UPM Communication Papers announces plans to permanently close its Plattling mill in Germany
reducing the uncoated and coated publication paper capacity by 595,000 tonnes in Europe
These plans are a continuation of necessary steps to proactively ensure competitiveness of our operations and align graphic paper capacity to a profitable customer demand
Should the plans be implemented the number of UPM employees affected in Plattling is estimated at 401
we expect implications for the service providers on site
The participation process with the workers council will start immediately in line with local legislation
The planned closure of UPM Plattling’s two paper machines would lead to a permanent reduction of 380,000 tonnes of uncoated publication paper and 215,000 tonnes of coated publication paper
Both paper machines are planned to stop graphic paper production by the end of 2023
During the past 15 years the demand for graphic papers has been declining constantly and this trend is expected to continue
The decline in demand has been accentuated significantly over the course of this year
the long-term predictability of production factors
The uncertainty about reliability and cost competitiveness of the energy supply in Germany is currently a big challenge
“Mature graphic paper markets require continuous and relentless efforts to ensure cost competitive operations that also meet the future customer demand
UPM is committed to leading our business in a responsible manner
We respect the interests of both our workforce and our customers and consider them a central part of our plans
We recognize that today's announcement is very difficult news for our employees in Plattling
Together with the employee representatives
we will seek responsible solutions for our personnel and enter directly into a fair dialogue,” says Massimo Reynaudo
The plans announced today would strengthen the overall cost competitiveness of UPM Communication Papers and are a prerequisite for consistent paper operations in the long run
UPM would recognize restructuring charges of EUR 122 million (EUR 106 million cash impact and an impairment of EUR 16 million) and an impairment of EUR 100 million of the leased CHP plant as items affecting comparability in its Q3 2023 result
The planned actions are estimated to result in annual fixed cost savings of EUR 60 million
UPM Communication Papers prepares continuation of temporary layoffs in Finland
UPM Communication Papers plans to continue the temporary layoffs in Finland
The possible temporary layoffs could take place in several periods and would last a maximum of 90 days
Decisions on the continuation of the possible temporary layoffs in the four mills will be taken after the consultations have been concluded
The total number of employees covered by the employee consultations is approximately 1,100
For further information please contact:UPM Communication Papers Stakeholder Relations
+49 9931 502113(best available from 15:30-17:00 CET)
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About UPM PlattlingUPM Plattling manufactures graphic papers with the annual capacity of 595,000 tonnes
Germany the site employs around 520 people
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UPM has announced plans to close its Plattling mill in Germany alongside interim results that were impacted by destocking and lower pulp prices in Q2
The Finland-headquartered group announced the closure plans this morning (25 July)
Plattling is located in Bavaria and is part of the UPM Communications Papers business
It runs two paper machines and closing the mill would result in a permanent reduction of 380,000tpa of uncoated publication paper
and 215,000tpa of coated publication paper
it will stop making paper by the end of this year
UPM cited a 15-year declining trend in demand for graphic papers
with the decline “accentuated significantly over the course of this year”
and stated: “The uncertainty about reliability and cost competitiveness of the energy supply in Germany is currently a big challenge.”
UPM has seven mills in Germany and Austria with the others located at Nordland Papier
It also closed down PM4 at its Steyrermühl mill in Austria
UPM Communication Papers executive vice president Massimo Reynaud commented: “Mature graphic paper markets require continuous and relentless efforts to ensure cost competitive operations that also meet the future customer demand
“UPM is committed to leading our business in a responsible manner
We recognise that today's announcement is very difficult news for our employees in Plattling
we will seek responsible solutions for our personnel and enter directly into a fair dialogue.”
The Plattling closure would involve restructuring charges of €122m (£105m) and a €100m impairment related to the leased combined heat and power plant
UPM said the annual fixed cost savings would be €60m
The group also said that UPM Communication Papers planned to continue with temporary layoffs in Finland
The total number of employees involved is around 1,100
In its interim results the group posted sales up 5% at €5.35bn
UPM said that Q2 delivery volumes had been impacted by destocking “in various product value chains” which CEO Jussi Pesonen described as “extraordinary”
while global commodity prices for pulp and energy prices “fell from historic highs to cyclical bottom levels in six months”
UPM said that EBIT was likely to be down on 2022
but deliveries are expected to recover and will also benefit from the ramp-up of its new Paso de los Toros pulp mill in Uruguay and the OL3 nuclear power plant in Finland
UPM’s share price rose by 3.17% on the news
but is down 17.13% this year (52-week high: €37.14
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UPM is planning to permanently close its mill in Hürth
Germany and a paper machine at Nordland Papier in Dörpen
these shutdowns would see UPM remove 330,000 tpy of newsprint capacity and 280,000 tpy of uncoated fine paper capacity from the market
Both machines are set to halt operations by the end of 2024 at the latest
Nordland’s remaining paper machines will continue operating as before
UPM announced that it would immediately enter into consultations with employee representatives
The number of positions potentially affected by the closures was estimated at 135 in Hürth and 210 in Dörpen
UPM will recognise related restructuring charges of €113m in its second-quarter financials
The company expects that the planned actions will reduce its annual fixed costs by €45m
UPM stated that it had taken this decision because of the continued decline in demand for graphic paper driven by digitalisation
The company said the downturn in demand was especially pronounced last year
adding that it did not expect a lasting recovery
The closures were needed to keep costs competitive and ensure the efficient and flexible use of its remaining production assets
The Nordland Papier mill in Dörpen can make 1.2 million tpy of coated and uncoated fine paper and various types of speciality paper
UPM converted a fine paper machine at the site to produce release paper
The Hürth mill solely produces newsprint (standard and heatset)
UPM has closed a significant amount of production capacity to adjust to a slump in demand for printing and writing paper that has now lasted for 18 years
which made roughly 210,000 tpy of SC paper and around 380,000 tpy of LWC
it had also closed PM 6 (165,000 tpy) at its Schongau mill
the group sold its Steyrermühl mill in Austria (320,000 tpy of newsprint) to Heinzel for a project that will see the site converted to make packaging paper
UPM closed the doors of its Shotton mill in the UK (250,000 tpy of newsprint) and sold it to Modern Karton
which is also switching capacity to packaging paper production
UPM removed a total of more than 720,000 tpy of newsprint and LWC/MWC by shutting its Kaipola mill in Finland
and the manufacturer inaugurated its return during the Bulli & Coffee event in Hanover on June 2nd
The Volkswagen 1955 Bulli rail bus, which the team found following the Bulli-converted Half-Track Fox
started its service at a rail depot in Plattling
It’s also here where it played a role in signal maintenance
the Klv-20 ran out of time and retired from service in the 1970s
It was then moved to the Palatinate region in southwest Germany
a railway enthusiast in Hesse bought the rail bus
the Klv-20 is part of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ collection of classic vehicles in Hanover
The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles collection’s Klv-20 is one of these well-preserved and operational units
The converted rail bus used the body of an old Volkswagen van called T1 Kombi van
which had a 21 kW/28 PS Volkswagen industrial engine
The chassis included a hydraulic lifting and turning mechanism
The latter allows a single person to lift the vehicle
and place it back on the rails so that the vehicle doesn’t have to drive in reverse to return to its starting point
the original lights at the front and rear of the van were removed and two white lamps at the front and one red lamp at the rear were installed instead
Volkswagen’s 1955 Bulli rail bus has made a comeback after the vehicle manufacturer rediscovered it
Aside from Volkswagen’s 1955 Bulli rail bus
the experts from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles also found the original sales brochure of the Klv-20
which details the specifications of the converted vehicle
It states that the wheels are made of steel
They have rubber elements between the wheel rim and core
which reduces noise using a system called ‘Bochumer Verein’ (but regular wheels can also be used if needed)
which connect the wheels to the vehicle’s body
are fitted with roller bearings for smooth operation
and each wheel has internal shoe brakes activated by a brake pedal using an oil-hydraulic system
There’s also a mechanical handbrake for one pair of wheels
The vehicle has three well-padded seat benches: one in the driver’s compartment with two seats
The two benches in the passenger compartment can be removed to create space for transporting goods
The driver’s compartment has two doors
and the passenger/load compartment has a wide wing door for easy access
The engine is located at the rear and can be accessed from the outside through a separate door
The ‘Bulli on rails’ is now part of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles classic collection in Hanover
the converted bus still runs on rails like a train or tram
the experts from the Classic Vehicles department of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles found the Bulli rail bus
there are only a few Klv-20 vehicles left that are still operational and in good condition
the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles collection’s Klv-20 is one of these well-preserved and operational units
the chassis included a hydraulic lifting and turning mechanism
the vehicle has three well-padded seat benches
the ‘Bulli on rails’ is now part of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles classic vehicle collection
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That was the fitting word for the Europe that emerged immediately after 1945
covered in soot from cities turned to ashes
Victorious but struggling to find their footing on the continent
the allied occupiers were overstrained with a host of minutiae: administering food
Then there were the roughly ten million “displaced persons”
over a million of them in what was left of Germany – a mass
There were singles and people with dependants
alongside Jewish survivors of the Nazi camp system
Review: Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War – Sheila Fitzpatrick (Princeton University Press)
pleading for shelter and medical attention in a variety of languages
split by political factionalism: a labyrinth complex enough to drive any foreign observer mad with confusion
they carried leaky sacks and scuffed suitcases and
These “lost souls” very much preferred to remain “lost” to their motherland
This the rough outline of the subject of Sheila Fitzpatrick’s new book Lost Souls. In engaging prose, Fitzpatrick takes up a topic she touched on in her previous work White Russians, Red Peril: A Cold War History of Migration to Australia (2021)
telling the involved story of the game of “international political football” that occurred between 1945 and 1952
This is a top-down story with a top-down structure. The first third of the book covers the clash in high offices over those “lost souls”. This is where we learn the history of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and its initial attempts to repatriate the displaced persons
It is a tale of great-power politics straight out of central casting
propelled from the status of a large regional power to that of a global superpower – check
A crumbling British Empire with its haughty style of doing things
still clinging to the remnants of its influence – check
wielding their righteous anger at all the damage they had sustained in the war – check
The furious Bolsheviks demanded the return of all the recalcitrant displaced persons
the Allies’ wartime marriage of convenience with Stalin was ending and they were willing to defer to the Soviets only so much
The Western powers instead engaged in a complex process of negotiating
In part two of Lost Souls, Fitzpatrick takes us inside the camps, home to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons. Central to her argument is the idea that these people were not just little fish, beached on foreign shores by the war’s waves. They embraced the cynical joke from the acidic Soviet satire The Twelve Chairs (1928): “The cause of helping the drowning is in the hands of the drowning themselves.”
They had a host of reasons not to go back and they demonstrated immense ingenuity when it came to living one day to the next
They spun biographies to fit visa requirements and impress the visiting Allied inspectors
Having experienced daring and violent travelogues
they became keen navigators of the budding Cold War standoff
which turned them into beneficiaries of the same fates that had made them victims
They became agents and editors of their identities: crafters
narrators and audiences of their own stories
Within the camps, many “beautiful Balts”
Belarusians and others crafted stories about the decades after 1917
These tales of national struggle and victimhood played an enormous role in presenting the entire cohort of displaced persons as victims of circumstances and alien oppressions
The stories of their homelands suffering under Soviet occupation became a form of robustly nationalist mythmaking
When the displaced persons moved into exile
these stories were brooded over for decades
The victimhood eventually absolved some unfortunate wartime choices (who said “collaboration”?)
unlike in the USSR which lost tens of millions
the emotional edge of war dissipated rather quickly
Then the dawning of the Cold War helped sweep many
This process is detailed in the third part of Fitzpatrick’s book. She illustrates how the International Refugee Organisation
which replaced the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in 1946
handled these implicating issues and the refuseniks of repatriation
ultimately resettling them in other states
The nature and scope of this highly readable book forestall many potential criticisms
With a running length of 250 pages and so many moving parts
it is unlikely Fitzpatrick set out to create the ultimate in-depth account of her subject
One can marvel at many of the stories of misery and unlikely salvation
but overall the people come across as scheming and mercantile
They are always hustling to avail themselves of better food stamps and less work
This is especially evident in a subchapter on the black market
it tells a remarkable story about a displaced Soviet
who explains how to navigate the kickbacks in the black market quadrangle of cigarettes
while impressing a host of village sweethearts
the Jewish leader of the Belsen displaced persons camp (located on the site of the former Nazi camp)
his camp was “the centre of one of the great black market rings in Europe”
There is room here for investigation into how much nationalism – or any other form of idealism – the former Soviet subjects truly espoused
Some other “souls” could have been added to the book
For example, there was the tragedy in Plattling, a camp populated by collaborators: Soviet prisoners of war who had donned German uniforms and served under General Andrey Vlasov
the Americans packed the 1,600 Vlasovites onto trucks and handed them over to the Soviets
followed by long sentences in the gulags or execution
Or there is the intriguing case of Liechtenstein
the duchy that managed to slip through the mesh of competing foreign interests and send some interned collaborators to Argentina
Fitzpatrick’s sources seems to steer the narrative a bit too strongly
the Soviet side and its plenipotentiaries are depicted as merely reactive
The Soviets are constantly crestfallen and indignant at the “maltreatment” of their Red selves on a diplomatic level
They abhor the slurs (and more) their representatives endure when visiting the camps to solicit the displaced persons to take a one-way ticket home
the Soviets were livid that the property dared to have a dissenting opinion
But Fitzpatrick might have included more concrete details about the consequences of such high tensions: aggressive Soviet counter-activities
This would have made for an even richer account
The handling of so many displaced persons in the aftermath of a world war is a tale of success: a miracle of Western tenacity
goodwill and old-school professionalism – all of it achieved without excuses
Some of the approaches would be social anathemas today
Some were plain ugly – eugenically motivated migration schemes
who relocated to countries such as Australia
The displaced persons found themselves in the political crossfire at a moment of postwar optimism
a time when there was a pronounced element of naivety and a very modern belief in the good nature of transnational organisations – a belief in their capacity to handle of complex issues together
The geopolitical deadlock that emerged after 1945 gave their sordid stories a soothing ending
The budding Western system of American dominance needed an enemy to click along as it did
The displaced persons became “victims of communism”
the way they perceived themselves entrenching itself as the Western perception
One cannot help but see Fitzpatrick registering the current state of world affairs and reflecting on the difference between how the crisis was handled back then and how such crises are handled now
The multiple refugee crises that have unfolded in recent years seem like a poor reflection of earlier aspirations
it is clear which story of benevolent efficiency towers impressively
the “drowning ones” at least got themselves out of the water
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TGW has provided Bavaria-based ZITEC with an automated warehousing solution to increase picking performance at the companys new logistics centrein Plattling
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Schmidbauer Group has added two Grove all-terrain units to its existing fleet of 250 mobile cranes
After taking delivery of a 300t capacity GMK6300L and a 100t capacity GMK4100L in late 2013
Germany’s largest crane operator put both of its new cranes to work
“Grove not only makes strong cranes with very long booms
making their cranes easier to transport all over Germany,” said the rental firm’s CEO Werner Schmidbauer
“Our two new cranes feature aluminium wheels
which mean we can travel to job sites with more equipment and counterweight
They will make a great addition to our fleet.”
Manitowoc-owned Grove offers significant weight reductions to customers by providing aluminium wheels as standard
A six-axle GMK6300L fitted with aluminium wheels
weighs approximately 600kg less than it would if it had conventional wheels
Such weight savings are particularly useful in Europe
“Road laws are getting stricter in Germany
so our customers want lighter cranes that don’t compromise capacity,” explained Manitowoc’s regional sales manager Dieter Popp
“Our weight-saving wheels give our Grove cranes a distinct advantage in the market.”
Schmidbauer’s new all-terrain cranes were put to work immediately
The GMK4100L was dispatched to a paper mill in Plattling
where its 60m-long boom and 6.3t counterweight were used to remove an antenna from a silo
The German crane operator says that it selected the models because of Grove’s ability produce lightweight units with high reaches and capacities
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