Germany’s transport sector is expected to come to a halt later this week as train drivers and Lufthansa ground staff announced plans for renewed strikes. The strike in passenger transport is to start on Thursday at 2 am (0100 GMT) and is to last for 35 hours, the head of Germany’s train drivers’ union GDL, Claus Welesky, announced on Monday. In the rail freight sector, the strike is set to begin on Wednesday at 6 pm. “This strike will last a total of 35 hours, 35 hours so that everyone in the country realizes what we are talking about: namely the 35-hour week,” said Weselsky. The GDL union als…