Billions in losses and millions fewer jobs: economists criticize AfD plans. Leaving the European Union, for example, would cause the export-oriented German economy to grow by an estimated six percent less within a few years.
“We are talking about a loss of 400 to 500 billion euros,” said Michael Hüther, director of the employer-oriented Institute of the German Economy. Clemens Fuest: “The AfD relies on isolation and self-sufficiency, which destroys German competitive advantages”