* . *
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Earth-News
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Why Starz Entertainment Stock Soared Today – The Motley Fool

    Unpacking the Surge: What Fueled Starz Entertainment’s Stock Explosion Today!

    Unveiling the Enigmatic: First Looks at Destruction and Puck in ‘The Sandman

    Jackie Chan Reveals This Family Member ‘Never Watched’ The Whole Of Any Of His Movies – Yahoo

    Jackie Chan Reveals This Family Member ‘Never Watched’ The Whole Of Any Of His Movies – Yahoo

    Mavs CEO holds firm on new arena, entertainment district in Dallas – Dallas News

    Mavs CEO Stands Strong on Vision for New Arena and Entertainment District in Dallas

    Entertainment: On Your Marks, Get Set, Beer Run! – Urban Milwaukee

    Get Ready to Race: The Ultimate Beer Run Experience Awaits!

    Rachel Guttman Launches Entertainment Law Firm Gutt Law, PLLC [Exclusive] – MusicRow.com

    Rachel Guttman Unveils Exciting New Entertainment Law Firm: Gutt Law, PLLC!

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    This giant microwave may change the future of war – MIT Technology Review

    Revolutionizing Warfare: The Impact of a Game-Changing Giant Microwave

    Bajeed Pattan Joins Forbes Technology Council as Innovation Leader – PRWeb

    Bajeed Pattan Takes the Helm as Innovation Leader at Forbes Technology Council!

    Lafayette Regional Technology Council – Tech Leadership That’s Homegrown and Future-Focused – Discover Lafayette

    Lafayette Regional Technology Council – Tech Leadership That’s Homegrown and Future-Focused – Discover Lafayette

    Drone technology demo in Cambria County showcases future of lifesaving medical deliveries – local21news.com

    Revolutionizing Healthcare: Drone Technology Takes Flight for Lifesaving Medical Deliveries in Cambria County

    Revolutionary Harvesting Technology Promises to Slash CAR-T Manufacturing Costs!

    Stop the Machines: The Rise of Anti-Technology Extremism – International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – ICCT

    Unplugged: The Surge of Anti-Technology Extremism

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Why Starz Entertainment Stock Soared Today – The Motley Fool

    Unpacking the Surge: What Fueled Starz Entertainment’s Stock Explosion Today!

    Unveiling the Enigmatic: First Looks at Destruction and Puck in ‘The Sandman

    Jackie Chan Reveals This Family Member ‘Never Watched’ The Whole Of Any Of His Movies – Yahoo

    Jackie Chan Reveals This Family Member ‘Never Watched’ The Whole Of Any Of His Movies – Yahoo

    Mavs CEO holds firm on new arena, entertainment district in Dallas – Dallas News

    Mavs CEO Stands Strong on Vision for New Arena and Entertainment District in Dallas

    Entertainment: On Your Marks, Get Set, Beer Run! – Urban Milwaukee

    Get Ready to Race: The Ultimate Beer Run Experience Awaits!

    Rachel Guttman Launches Entertainment Law Firm Gutt Law, PLLC [Exclusive] – MusicRow.com

    Rachel Guttman Unveils Exciting New Entertainment Law Firm: Gutt Law, PLLC!

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    This giant microwave may change the future of war – MIT Technology Review

    Revolutionizing Warfare: The Impact of a Game-Changing Giant Microwave

    Bajeed Pattan Joins Forbes Technology Council as Innovation Leader – PRWeb

    Bajeed Pattan Takes the Helm as Innovation Leader at Forbes Technology Council!

    Lafayette Regional Technology Council – Tech Leadership That’s Homegrown and Future-Focused – Discover Lafayette

    Lafayette Regional Technology Council – Tech Leadership That’s Homegrown and Future-Focused – Discover Lafayette

    Drone technology demo in Cambria County showcases future of lifesaving medical deliveries – local21news.com

    Revolutionizing Healthcare: Drone Technology Takes Flight for Lifesaving Medical Deliveries in Cambria County

    Revolutionary Harvesting Technology Promises to Slash CAR-T Manufacturing Costs!

    Stop the Machines: The Rise of Anti-Technology Extremism – International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – ICCT

    Unplugged: The Surge of Anti-Technology Extremism

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
Earth-News
No Result
View All Result
Home Business

Explainer-Turning back the clock: Germany’s AfD and the economy

February 1, 2024
in Business
Explainer-Turning back the clock: Germany’s AfD and the economy
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

2/2

Explainer-Turning back the clock: Germany's AfD and the economy
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Peter Boehringer, member of the German parliament from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, poses for a portrait in Berlin, Germany, January 30, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/File Photo

2/2

By Maria Martinez

BERLIN (Reuters) – Beyond its anti-immigrant stance, Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has an economic platform that would see Germany leave the European Union as it is today and return to a more limited European system of cooperation.

Here is what is known about the economic policies proposed by the party and how they are seen by mainstream economists.

WHERE DOES THE PARTY SIT ON THE ECONOMIC SPECTRUM?

The AfD was founded in 2013 after the financial crisis by a group of free market economists who were fundamentally critical of European integration and further angered by the EU’s bail-out of Greece and other heavily indebted euro states.

According to AfD vice-chairman and budget committee spokesman Peter Boehringer, the party seeks “a free market economy with a social perspective” largely based on the 1948 model of Ludwig Erhard, the Christian Democrat politician who laid the foundations for Germany’s post-war reconstruction.

However the AfD is adamant about the limits of the state’s role and would seek to cut taxes, including those seen by their backers as progressive and a means of wealth redistribution.

“Any form of state-directed economy will sooner or later end in misallocation and corruption,” its economic program says, arguing for a reduction of state subsidies and a taxation ceiling, as well as abolishing wealth and inheritance taxes.

AND THE AfD WANTS GERMANY TO COMPLETELY LEAVE THE EU?

In essence, yes. Its first manifesto called for major reform of the EU but the euroscepticism has grown with the years.

    In 2021, the party decided to seek outright departure from the EU “by negotiation”, Boehringer told Reuters, adding that so-called “Dexit” would look something like Brexit – years of discussion with Brussels until the process could be finalised.

It acknowledges, however, that this goal collides with the pro-EU attitudes of Germans: the latest Eurobarometer poll shows 68% of them have a positive perception of the EU – much higher than the 33% support it had in Britain just ahead of Brexit in 2020.

“At least, our voters are against the EU gaining more and more power,” Boehringer said, calling the 27-nation bloc “a centralised planned economy which the European Commission is enforcing on this continent”.

    The party wants Germany to quit the euro and reintroduce the Deutsche Mark, arguing that the single currency has led to all kinds of trade imbalances in the euro zone that previously could be compensated for through currency fluctuations.

The crux of AfD policy on Europe is to return to something akin to the era before the 1992 Maastricht Treaty which not only paved the way for the single currency but a more political union of its member states.

Instead of that, the AfD sees a looser degree of cooperation both on the economy and on joint tasks such as defending external borders or signing trade pacts with third countries.

WHAT IS the AfD PITCH TO LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS?

The party rejects the label of “neo-liberal” associated with the ideas of 19th century, free market capitalism, instead pointing to the German post-war variant – so-called “ordoliberalism” – as having a welfare component.

“We’re not aiming at a Manchester-style free market economy like the UK in the 19th century,” Boehringer said in an English-language interview.

“Companies have to make some profits so that economies can prosper and then there is enough money to promote the poor – that is the cornerstone of the social welfare free market economy,” he said.

The party supports keeping the minimum wage, pension reform and pro-family fiscal incentives.

“Families with children suffer dramatic financial disadvantages when compared to childless families. This results in the impoverishment of families and a lasting low birth rate,” the AfD program says.

A Forsa survey showed an above-average proportion of working-class and unemployed voters among AfD supporters.

WHAT IS THE VERDICT OF MAINSTREAM GERMAN ECONOMISTS?

Most of them focus on the potential impact of the AfD’s flagship policy of leaving the EU and the single currency – membership of which continues to enjoy not only solid support across Germany’s political spectrum but also among voters.

Quite apart from the existential threat to the whole European Union project if Germany – its largest founding member and huge contributor to EU finances – were to leave, economists believe “Dexit” would be devastating for Germany itself.

“In the middle of Europe, Germany is much more exposed to global trade and integrated into pan-European supply chains than the UK was,” said Berenberg chief economist Holger Schmieding.

He estimated that “Dexit” would cost Germany more than 10% of its output within a decade.

Germany’s departure from the euro single currency would trigger “the mother of all financial crises,” said Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro at ING. He predicted the collapse of financial institutions, a sharp increase in public debt and major disruption in the corporate sector.

“Disentangling the monetary, economic and financial integration of 25 years would be an economic disaster,” he said.

    It would be the end of the German economic model and destroy millions of good jobs in Germany, said Marcel Fratzscher, president of the economic institute DIW Berlin.

    “The result would be a sharp rise in unemployment, far beyond the level that Germany experienced 20 years ago as the sick man of Europe.”

>>> Read full article>>>
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source : Investing.com – https://www.investing.com/news/economic-indicators/explainerturning-back-the-clock-germanys-afd-and-the-economy-3290031

Tags: businessClockExplainer-Turning
Previous Post

Minimum wage increase slammed as ‘tiny’ by Labour, but it could’ve been lower

Next Post

Big central banks are pivoting towards rate cuts

Precision ecology for targeted conservation action – Nature

Unlocking Targeted Conservation: The Power of Precision Ecology

June 1, 2025
Climate scientists are hosting a 100-hour YouTube livestream in response to Trump’s research funding cuts – Space

Climate scientists are hosting a 100-hour YouTube livestream in response to Trump’s research funding cuts – Space

June 1, 2025
YouTube Science Star Derek Muller Confronts PFAS “Forever Chemicals”—In His Own Blood – Scientific American

YouTube Science Sensation Derek Muller Takes on PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Found in His Own Blood!

June 1, 2025
The 17 Recipes We Can’t Wait To Make This June – Yahoo

17 Must-Try Recipes to Savor This June!

June 1, 2025
Blaze, Duke, Lockett, Rademacher headline men’s freestyle champions at U20 World Team Trials – USA Wrestling

Rising Stars Shine: Blaze, Duke, Lockett, and Rademacher Claim Victory at U20 Men’s Freestyle Championships!

June 1, 2025
Looking Back at the Good Old Days of Growth Under Biden – Bloomberg.com

Looking Back at the Good Old Days of Growth Under Biden – Bloomberg.com

June 1, 2025
Why Starz Entertainment Stock Soared Today – The Motley Fool

Unpacking the Surge: What Fueled Starz Entertainment’s Stock Explosion Today!

June 1, 2025
White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report – AP News

White House Admits Flaws in RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report

June 1, 2025
N.Y. landlords, lawmakers to face off over expanding upstate rent control – Spectrum News

Showdown Ahead: N.Y. Landlords and Lawmakers Clash Over Expanding Rent Control Upstate!

June 1, 2025
This giant microwave may change the future of war – MIT Technology Review

Revolutionizing Warfare: The Impact of a Game-Changing Giant Microwave

June 1, 2025

Categories

Archives

June 2025
MTWTFSS
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30 
« May    
Earth-News.info

The Earth News is an independent English-language daily published Website from all around the World News

Browse by Category

  • Business (20,132)
  • Ecology (657)
  • Economy (672)
  • Entertainment (21,578)
  • General (15,254)
  • Health (9,714)
  • Lifestyle (674)
  • News (22,149)
  • People (673)
  • Politics (680)
  • Science (15,892)
  • Sports (21,176)
  • Technology (15,659)
  • World (660)

Recent News

Precision ecology for targeted conservation action – Nature

Unlocking Targeted Conservation: The Power of Precision Ecology

June 1, 2025
Climate scientists are hosting a 100-hour YouTube livestream in response to Trump’s research funding cuts – Space

Climate scientists are hosting a 100-hour YouTube livestream in response to Trump’s research funding cuts – Space

June 1, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

Go to mobile version