Politicians from the CDU, SPD and Green Party have supported the change in direction made by the Family Business Association in relation to AfD rejected. “Any business association seeking closeness to the AfD is undermining our economic model,” the head of the CDU’s social wing, Dennis Radtke, told the magazine. Focus.
The AfD cannot be a normal conversation partner, said the SPD parliamentary group’s economic policy spokesman, Sebastian Roloff. “Just because many people voted for the AfD, including out of frustration with other parties, is not a reason for normalization,” he told AFP. Handelsblatt.
In October, the association invited AfD representatives to a parliamentary evening in Berlin for the first time. said Association President Marie-Christine Ostermann Handelsblatt on Monday that the association’s previous ban on contacts with AfD members in the Bundestag had been lifted. However, “this type of firewall has never existed before,” he said.
The Green Party accused the association’s president of taking sides
“Right-wing extremist parties, about which our security authorities have strongly warned, cannot be conversation partners for the Democrats,” the co-chairs of the Green Party parliamentary group, Konstantin von Notz and Andreas Audretsch, told German Editorial Network (RND).
In regards to the association president’s statement, von Notz and Audretsch added: “We strongly believe that Ms. Ostermann is pursuing her personal political agenda with her statements and does not represent the majority of the family business.” Politicians hope for corrections to “historically forgotten” statements.
Deutsche Bank terminated the contract
The association immediately faced significant criticism for its decision. The Family Business Foundation, which advocates for family business concerns in politics and the media, said it would not change its position on extreme parties. The CDU Economic Council also said that the AfD is “clearly opposed” to a free economic and social order in the sense of a social market economy.
According to information from ZEIT, Deutsche Bank has terminated the contract with the association for events planned at its locations. A Deutsche Bank spokesperson did not initially confirm the cancellation. However, knowledgeable financial circles justified the process. First have it Handelsblatt reported.
