Is the AfD, which is currently at a high level, a risk to Germany as a business location? The German Economic Institute (IW) has conducted a survey among the directors of business and employers’ organizations for a new study. Their concerns revolve primarily around political culture. D
German business associations are concerned about the rise of the AfD. The directors of the major employers’ and entrepreneurs’ associations considered the acute operational consequences to be relatively minor, the German Economic Institute (IW Cologne) announced.
“Difficulties in attracting skilled workers from abroad to AfD strongholds”
An exception, however, was the increasing “difficulties in recruiting skilled workers from abroad in the AfD strongholds,” which was noted by about half of those surveyed.
80% see a risk of negative effects
However, the associations estimate the long-term risks to be significantly greater. The focus is mainly on the challenges surrounding a constructive political culture in Germany: more than 80 percent see the risk of negative effects here.
Even more respondents fear that forming an effective government at the state level could be made more difficult. Negative economic consequences, such as a growing shortage of skilled workers, a shift in the euro and damage to the business location are also seen as major risks, but at a relatively lower level.
“The direct influence on economic policy is also expected to be limited in the future,” wrote the study authors Knut Bergmann and Matthias Diermeier. “However, if the AfD gains control over the instruments of power, which are still far away today, alarm bells will ring: at both federal and state levels, the party is consistently seen as unfit to govern.”
AfD nationally at 22 percent
The German AfD can make further gains in favor of voters. The new Sunday trend, which the opinion research institute Insa collected for ‘Bild am Sonntag’, puts the AfD at 22 percent. That is one percentage point more than the week before. CDU/CSU remain at 27 percent, the traffic light remains at its historic low. Just like last week, the SPD received 18 percent from the chancellor, the Greens remained at 13 percent and the FDP received unchanged seven percent. The Left Party would vote for five percent (unchanged), the other parties could receive eight percent of the votes (minus one percentage point).
Source: Krone
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