The AfD's victory is the result of a far-reaching economic and political crisis. The Merz government is gambling with Russia, but this is the wrong path to take
Sergio CESARATTO, former full professor of European Monetary Policy and International Economics at the University of Siena
This article appeared originally in Italian at Il sussidiario
On 7 September itself - the day after the election in Saxony-Anhalt - the Federal Statistical Office announced a fall in manufacturing output in July: -1.1 per cent.