Klaus Mehrens
Klaus Mehrens is a former regional director of IG Metall in Germany for the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Thuringia, and acted as advisory member of the federal board of IG Metall. Previously, Dr Mehrens was head of the department for fundamental issues and policy planning at IG Metall in Franfurt-M, president of Hamburg's local chapter of IG Metall, and voluntary member of the federal board of IG Metall. Since 2007, Dr Mehrens has been a senior research fellow at the Global Policy Institute. Most recently, he has taken part in a research project on transatlantic economic cooperation conducted by the European Programme at the Institute.
The Credibility Gap
Faith in politics is on the wane – particularly in social-democratic politics. The search for reasons for the disastrous defeat of the German social democrats in the September elections, and the poor prospects of parties of the left across Europe, has led to various and detailed explanations. Most of these are right in some respect, [...]
