{
  "id": 13893917,
  "title": "Commentary: Rausch's first company car – Is the AfD going electric soon?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/kommentar-rauschs-erster-dienstwagen-fahrt-die-afd-bald-elektrisch",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-12T06:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/kommentare/kommentar-rauschs-erster-dienstwagen-faehrt-die-afd-bald-elektrisch-01/100261109.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Saxony-Anhalt, Tobias Rausch, has been having trouble finding a German car manufacturer to lease a service vehicle for him. BMW withdrew its leasing offer after its CEO, Milan Nedeljkovic, publicly criticized the AfD, calling right-wing populism and nationalism \"poison\" for Germany's economy. As a result, Rausch may have to use a Tesla, an electric vehicle, despite the AfD's opposition to electric mobility, which it calls a \"green ideology\". The party views government incentives for electric vehicles as \"ideologically blinded\" coercive policy that harms Germany's industrial sector.",
  "summary": "German car manufacturers are avoiding the AfD. Now, the newly elected President of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament will probably soon be driving a vehicle that is a symbol of \"green ideology\" for his party.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Comment: Rausch's first company car - Is the AfD going electric soon?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/kommentar-rauschs-erster-dienstwagen-fahrt-die-afd-bald-elektrisch",
        "published": "2026-10-10T06:48:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}