Overview
- Raoul Roßmann said his company’s exit from the Familienunternehmer was misused to disparage dm and its CEO Christoph Werner in the AfD debate.
- Christoph Werner reported heavy social‑media criticism accusing dm of siding with the AfD and condemned tactics of defamation, shaming and boycott calls.
- Roßmann rejected AfD economic policies as harmful for Germany’s business environment and affirmed the importance of a democratic cordon sanitaire.
- The Familienunternehmer invited AfD representatives to a parliamentary event and lifted a contact ban in October, then reversed course and called it a mistake after departures by firms including Rossmann, Vorwerk and Fritz‑Kola.
- Both executives dismissed the framing of a Rossmann‑versus‑dm feud, emphasizing longstanding mutual respect between the rival drugstore chains.