Deterrent for skilled workers - Entrepreneurs should position themselves against AfD
Entrepreneur Theo Müller confirms contacts with the AfD. This prompts several politicians to remind companies that foreign skilled workers avoid far-right environments. A clear position is expected.
Cross-party pressure is growing on business and entrepreneurs to take a clear stance against the AfD, parts of which are on the far right. "The climate of division and resentment that the AfD is stirring up is deterring highly qualified workers and specialists from abroad," said Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser to the Handelsblatt newspaper. If this remains unchallenged, there will be a further "creeping normalization" of right-wing populist and right-wing extremist positions.
"It is therefore also up to the business community to take a clear stance here," the SPD politician demanded. She expects this "also and especially from employers who employ tens of thousands of people, many of whom have a history of migration".
The CDU/CSU also expects clear words from the business community. "It is in the very own interest of business and SMEs to take a public stance," Gitta Connemann, Federal Chairwoman of the CDU and CSU's SME and Economic Union (MIT), told the newspaper. The CDU politician warned that the AfD stands for "instability, isolation and national special paths".
"Frightening forgetfulness of history"
"The silence in the control centers of the German economy shows a frightening ignorance of history," said Christian Bäumler, deputy head of the employee representatives in the CDU/CSU, to the Handelsblatt. CSU General Secretary Martin Huber warned: "Every entrepreneur, every employee must be clear: The AfD is damaging Germany." Highly qualified skilled workers from abroad "do not want to work where the AfD is strong".
SPD leader Saskia Esken called on entrepreneurs and business associations to "take a clear stance against racism, xenophobia and exclusion". They should "raise their voices when foreign skilled workers are discriminated against, insulted or even attacked", she told Handelsblatt.
The First Parliamentary Secretary of the Green parliamentary group, Irene Mihalic, said: "Especially in times like these, it is of the utmost importance that all relevant forces in society take a clear stance against enemies of the constitution." FDP Secretary General Bijan Djir-Sarai advised business representatives to "clearly identify the dangers posed by the AfD". The party poses a "considerable risk" to the success of the German economy.
Handelsblatt reported on Thursday that dairy entrepreneur Theo Müller had confirmed contacts with the AfD for the first time. He said that he had already met AfD leader Alice Weidel several times and was planning another meeting at the end of the year, whereby his interest was in the program of Weidel's party as well as "her personal view on current politics".
The AfD is being monitored by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in several federal states. In Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, the party is classified as a confirmed right-wing extremist.
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The SPD politician Saskia Esken urged entrepreneurs and business associations to publicly oppose racism, xenophobia, and exclusion, particularly when foreign skilled workers face discrimination or attacks. The CDU/CSU's SME and Economic Union chairman, Gitta Connemann, emphasized that it's in the business community's interest to speak out against the AfD, which she described as causing instability and national special paths.
Source: www.ntv.de
