Stefan Traeger, CEO of the Jenoptic, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the company's headquarters in Jena, Germany, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, hold German national flags as they attend an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections, in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. In the federal state Thuringia, in former East Germany, the citizens are called to vote for a new state parliament on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Electrical engineer Preetam Gaikwad, an Indian native working at the Jenotik company, poses for a photo after an interview with The Associated Press in Jena, Germany, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A view of the city center of Jena, the economy hub of German federal state Thuringia, with the Jenoptik head office center right, photographed from the Landgraf viewing point Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Stefan Traeger, CEO of the Jenoptic, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the company's headquarters in Jena, Germany, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, is surround by private security guards as he speaks on an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
An electoral poster for the far-right Alternative for Germany, or And, using the slogan, "Summer, Sun, Remigration," and depicting a plane dubbed "Deportation Airline", is displayed in the capital of German federal state Thuringia, in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. In the federal state Thuringia, in former East Germany, the citizens are called to vote for a new state parliament on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, sing the national anthem as they attend an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. In the federal state Thuringia, in former East Germany, the citizens are called to vote for a new state parliament on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A poster of the Jenotik company to promote its foreign employees with portraits displayed at its Jena headquarters with the slogan "Stay Open for Diversity." in Jena, Germany, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. The company wants to use the campaign to attract foreign skilled workers. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
FILE - From right, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner listen to a debate about Germany's budget crisis at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
A German national flag waves in the courtyard of a building in the small village of Milda in Germany's federal state Thuringia, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. In the federal state Thuringia, in former East Germany, the citizens are called to vote for a new state parliament on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Electoral posters of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or And, using the slogan "Summer, Sun, Remigration," and depicting a plane dubbed "Deportation Airline" is displayed at a public transport station in the capital of German federal state Thuringia, in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. In the federal state Thuringia, in former East Germany, the citizens are called to vote for a new state parliament on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, speaks on an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. In the federal state Thuringia, in former East Germany, the citizens are called to vote for a new state parliament on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
An electoral poster for the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, using the slogan "The Sun Rises in the East", is displayed in a street in the federal state Thuringia city Jena, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. In the federal state Thuringia, in former East Germany, the citizens are called to vote for a new state parliament on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, hold small paper flags that read: "The East Does it", as they attend an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. In the federal state Thuringia, in former East Germany, the citizens are called to vote for a new state parliament on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
FILE - Green party co-leader and designated Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck, designated Chancellor Olaf Scholz and FDP party leader and designated Finance Minister Christian Lindner, from left, stand together after signing the coalition treaty in Berlin, Dec. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
Stefan Traeger, CEO of the Jenoptic, poses for a photo after an interview with The Associated Press at the company's headquarters in Jena, Germany, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)