The rise of the hard right alarms German business leaders
At least, most of them
When the Alternative for Germany (AfD, from its German initials) was launched in 2013, it was a pro-business, classically liberal party created by German intellectuals opposed to the single European currency. Hans-Olaf Henkel, a free-market enthusiast and former boss of the bDI, the main German industry association, was a founding member.
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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Wrongs of the right”
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