German far-right's anti-foreigner stance is the cornerstone of its campaign, raising concern among many businesses.
An electoral poster for the far-right Alternative for Germany , or AfD, using the slogan "The Sun Rises in the East", is displayed in a street in the federal state Thuringia city Jena. / Photo: AP
Jenoptik, one of the few internationally successful businesses in Jena, depends on being able to attract and retain a highly skilled workforce, much of it from outside Germany. The rise of the AfD is making that more difficult, says Jenoptik CEO Stefan Traeger. Thuringia is one of the poorest states in Germany, a legacy of communist rule in what was East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Salaries are lower than average, and it has few major employers outside the public sector. Most young people, especially women, leave for opportunities elsewhere, a brain drain to the more affluent West that began in 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, and has not stopped since.The rise of the AfD has been catalysed by high inflation and immigration. In 2023, Germany took in 1.
Or the elderly neighbour she greets in German who stops her one day to say,"It makes me uncomfortable when I see so many people with strange skin and hair colour here in Jena."
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