Investor Miele in Handelsblatt: Merz and Klingbeil should risk losing re-election

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Anyone in the federal government who wants to defend Germany as a business location must be able to endure unpopularity – and, if necessary, accept a lost election. That is the unusually sharp message from investor Christian Miele in his Handelsblatt interview, addressed to Friedrich Merz and Lars Klingbeil.

The trigger is the recent electoral successes of the AfD and the Left Party. Miele sees this as a warning signal for the country's economic future. He considers the political leadership's willingness to "make itself unpopular" insufficient.

What Miele specifically demands

In the Handelsblatt conversation, the investor is clear. His appeal is directed not only at politicians, but explicitly also at the business community itself.

The government and entrepreneurs must now show courage

Anyone who bets on political convenience at this stage is, in Miele's view, gambling away the future of the location. Reforms that may appear unpopular in the short term are, accordingly, necessary in order not to lose competitiveness.

The context: electoral successes as a wake-up call

Miele sees the recent successes of the AfD and the Left Party as a direct warning signal. With this, the investor positions himself against a politics of the lowest common denominator – and against the political calculus of not jeopardizing upcoming elections.