The rise of the AfD (the right-wing populist party) in German polls has been remarkable.
With elections looming in October 2025, this political risk will soon be on investor’s horizons.
In this context, this interview with Wolfgang Munchau, former co-editor of FT Deutschland, is a must-read to understand the woes of Europe’s largest economy and how these reflect in politics.
Interestingly he highlights another possible surprise on the left political spectrum – “there may soon be a party on the Left led by Sahra Wagenknecht, a very sort of maverick politician, who has left or who is on the verge of leaving the Left Party, who may be forming a new party of the Left. And that party was also on opinion polls at potentially 20% of the electorate.”
