Overview
- Fahimi, re-elected Tuesday with 96% at the DGB congress in Berlin-Neukölln, begins a second four-year term.
- In her keynote, she warned she would lead mass street protests if the government pushes longer hours, a higher retirement age, health cuts, or a weaker eight-hour day.
- She accused Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition of running insulting debates that dodge the real roots of the crisis.
- Fahimi said unions were excluded from key reform forums such as the pension commission and demanded formal involvement in shaping changes.
- The DGB, Germany’s main labor confederation, now counts about 5.4 million members after a roughly 10% drop in her first term.