[Opinion] DIW CEO Fratzscher - "Union and SPD responsible for the AfD's rise"

World editor Gerrit Seebald is upset that SPD boss Lars Klingbeil Elon Musk is responsible for the high survey values of the AfD. The debt deal between the Union and SPD is much more decisive: "The AfD benefits from this."

The president of the German Institute for Economic Research, Fratzscher, blames CDU, CSU and SPD for rising AfD survey values. The current coalition talks showed that union and social democrats lack "the courage and a clear compass", the economist told the "Handelsblatt".

The aspiring black-red coalition is the last patron of the democratic centre, say the participants unisono. True. Why for God's sake do they not act according to it?

Since this week, the coalition negotiations between the Union and the SPD have been leading the way – there are large construction sites.