Key facts
- Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing warned that foreign investors may be deterred by recent election results in Germany.
- The AfD, a party advocating for restricted immigration, achieved major wins in eastern German state elections.
- The Left Party, which proposes expropriating property company holdings, won its largest election victory in Berlin.
- Sewing stated that these election outcomes are detrimental to economic growth and investment in Germany.
- He urged Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government to continue with economic reforms as a response to extremist parties.
Christian Sewing, the chief executive of Deutsche Bank, has warned that recent election victories by parties on the political extremes in Germany could negatively impact foreign investor sentiment. Sewing expressed concern that investors might not differentiate between state-level election results and the country's overall economic stability.