Overview
- Fifty-six percent of surveyed executives favor some engagement with the AfD, with 49% backing issue-by-issue cooperation and 7% supporting a coalition.
- Sixty-nine percent report disappointment with the federal government's performance, up from 62% six months earlier.
- On economic policy, 67% express dissatisfaction, 85% say they feel no promised relief on taxes or red tape, and 78% expect no progress.
- Managers show greater openness to the AfD than political leaders, 78% of whom reject cooperation in the same panel.
- Views on leaders are muted, with 53% dissatisfied with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and approvals for Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil at 26% and Economics Minister Katherina Reiche at 42%; results were gathered before the US–Israel–Iran escalation and fuel price surge.