State election - Family businesses warn against votes for AfD and FW
Before the state elections in Saxony, family businesses in Saxony warn against votes for AfD and BSW under the slogan "No Leap into the Unknown. Saxony's Economy Needs Confidence."
"The stronger these two parties are at the polls, the less attractive Saxony becomes for investors and for labor and skilled workers," says the Saxon chairman of family businesses, Christian Haase. The traffic light government in Berlin does not help the Saxon economy in any way. "AfD and BSW are right to point out serious errors of the traffic light government, but they only have superficial solutions for Saxony's economic policy."
"A bad economic policy would cause immense damage to our businesses here," Haase continues. If in the end only a minority government is possible, that would be bad news for Saxony's economy. The Thuringia example with its long minority government shows how much damage this first causes domestic companies and then all citizens in terms of income development.
"Behind the apparently economic-sounding election program of the Saxon AfD hides a policy of closure and exclusion," warns Haase. Saxon family businesses are in need of openness towards domestic and foreign companies, labor and skilled workers. In the face of political instability, a greater labor and skilled worker shortage, and fewer business settlements, the Saxon economy would shrink. Instead, it needs a stable government.
The Saxon AfD state association is classified by the Saxon Constitutional Protection Authority as a reliably right-wing extremist tendency. The party is defending itself legally against this assessment.
- In Leipzig, various associations of businesses in Saxony have joined forces to advocate against voting for the AFD in the upcoming State Parliament election, emphasizing the importance of confidence in Saxony's economy.
- Christian Haase, the chairman of family businesses in Saxony, expressed concerns that if the AFD and BSW perform well in the election, it could negatively impact Saxony's attractiveness to investors and labor forces.
- During his speech, Haase mentioned that while the AFD and BSW are correct in pointing out the errors of the traffic light government in Berlin, their proposed solutions for Saxony's economic policy are merely superficial.
- If a minority government becomes a reality following the state election in Saxony, it could be detrimental for the region's economy, as seen in the long-term instability experienced by businesses in Thuringia.
- Concerned about the AfD's economic-sounding election program, Haase cautioned that hidden within this program is a policy of closure and exclusion, which could hinder Saxony's much-needed openness towards domestic and foreign companies, labor forces, and business settlements.
