Incendiary letter to the Federal Chancellor: IHK bosses concerned about increasing right-wing extremist tendencies. Presidents of 14 chambers of commerce and industry in the five eastern German states in an open letter to Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) The Eastern IHKs primarily criticize the federal government's political style.
However, they are also concerned about “extreme political forces and radical parties” that are trying to “exploit crises” This increases the “temptation of simple answers and the allocation of responsibility”