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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams

Germany at a standstill as huge strike halts planes and trains

A tram driver walks at a tram storage facility during a nationwide strike called by the German trade union Verdi over a wage dispute, in Bonn, Germany, March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch

Airports and bus and train stations across Germany were at a standstill on Monday, causing disruption for millions of people during one of the largest walkouts in decades in Europe's biggest economy as soaring inflation stokes wage demands.

The 24-hour "warning" strikes called by the Verdi union and railway and transport union EVG were the latest in months of industrial action which has hit major European economies as higher food and energy prices dent living standards.

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