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> China Shock and VW Retrenchment Drive German Industrial Decline Into AfD Surge

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Chinese EV competition and a broader China demand slowdown compound Volkswagen retrenchment to hold German industrial output below prior-year levels, feeding the economic grievance that powers an AfD breakthrough.

// Cascade Logic

Chinese EV capture + China demand slowdown → German industrial output stays depressed amid VW cuts → economic grievance → AfD political breakthrough