German business groups have warned of “economic catastrophe” should the Alternative for Germany win elections in the east of the country on Sunday, as polls suggest the far-right party is on course for a historic victory.
Voters in the two eastern states of Thuringia and Saxony will elect new regional parliaments on September 1 in elections that could prove disastrous for the deeply unpopular parties in chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and liberals.
Polls suggest the AfD could come first in both polls — a prospect that is alarming local businesses. They fear the party’s xenophobic rhetoric will put off the foreign workers both states desperately need to make up for the region’s steep demographic decline.
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