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Schulze's Domo Bluff Bursts: One Day After the CDU's Election Debacle, the Costly "Rescue" Goes Up in Smoke – 400 Jobs Gone, Taxpayers Bleed!While Sven Schulze (CDU) was still feeding the ballot box the fairy tale of a rescued chemical industry's future in Leuna, those behind the scenes had long known that the next bankruptcy had already been written. 
On September 7, 2026, one day after the CDU's historic crash to a laughable 17.2 percent, the bombshell drops: Domo's successor company, Leuna Polyamid GmbH, cannot find an investor. Winding down operations will begin in October. Around 400 employees are facing the axe. The rumor was already circulating on election day itself. Coincidence? Or classic election-campaign concealment? 80 Million Euros in Tax Money Burned – and Now the Next Shutdown!Let's remember: At the end of 2025, Domo Caproleuna filed for insolvency. The state of Saxony-Anhalt stepped in with an "emergency intervention to avert danger" and pumped around 80 million euros into emergency operations – taxpayers' money that Energy Minister Willingmann (SPD) already knew at the time would largely never be recovered. Then came the big show on April 1, 2026: A rescue company formed by InfraLeuna and Leuna-Harze takes over, operates under the name Leuna Polyamid GmbH, and "saves" more than 430 jobs. Minister-President Sven Schulze personally beams into the cameras: "With the restart of DOMO, we are securing hundreds of jobs and the future of the Leuna chemical site." "A very, very good solution," "joining forces," "if everyone pulls in the same direction"... Pure election-campaign PR in a year when the CDU was fighting for its political survival.Two months later, in June 2026, the rescue company itself is insolvent – self-administration proceedings are attempted. High energy and raw-material prices, competition from China, suppliers demanding payment in advance. Investors continued to be sought. And sought. And sought. Until shortly before and after the election, it became clear: There are none. Production will continue until the end of September to complete outstanding orders, followed by a shutdown over 15–20 days. Insolvency proceedings will follow in early October. No more rescue. The facilities? Unclear, possibly dismantling. Further costs for the state budget are looming – tens of millions more. Sven Schulze's Election-Campaign Fairy Tale: The "Rescue" as a CDU Showpiece – Until the Truth Came OutSchulze and his colleagues systematically sold the Domo "rescue" as proof of their economic competence. Press conferences, statements, Instagram videos in front of steaming smokestacks – everything served the narrative: "We're saving industry, we're securing jobs, vote for us!" While employees had already been informed about the precarious situation before the election and rumors were circulating on September 6, the official capitulation was kept until after election day. How convenient. The CDU crashes, the AfD cleans up – and the next day comes another piece of bad news from Leuna. One might have thought someone simply didn't want the bad news to make it into the final days of the election campaign.Domino Effect in Leuna: Other Companies Are Nervous, the Network Is CrumblingWhat does this mean for the chemical park and the region? Leuna Polyamid was not an isolated operation. It supplied plastics to the automotive and electronics industries, fertilizers, and intermediate products. It was both a customer and supplier within a tightly integrated network of materials and energy flows. According to observers, one job in the chemical industry is linked to around four additional jobs. InfraLeuna is losing one of its largest customers – infrastructure costs for those remaining will rise, while the site's competitiveness will suffer further. Dow Chemical had already announced closures. Now the next setback threatens the central German chemical triangle. Other companies are feeling the pressure from higher costs, disrupted supply chains, and the signal that investing here is no longer worthwhile. The site that Schulze was still celebrating as secure has taken a serious hit.While employees are being sent into uncertainty and taxpayers are footing the bill for the costly show, the bitter conclusion remains: The "rescue" was an expensive interlude that lasted just long enough for the election to be over. Industrial policy as election-campaign theater – and reality catches up with everyone, except perhaps those who have already been voted out. And the Federal Government? Complicit and Inactive!While the wave of insolvencies rolls through Leuna and elsewhere, and the chemical industry groans under high energy and raw-material costs, Chinese dumping, and structural unprofitability, Berlin responds with announcements, papers, and half-baked relief packages. Chancellor Merz visited the chemical park shortly before the election, posing in front of a gleaming biorefinery and praising the "strong industrial location" – while conspicuously ignoring the dying polyamide plant just a few kilometers away. The federal government may warn of the decline of the chemical industry, but it is providing no decisive response to the numerous insolvencies and shutdowns. Instead, it leaves the states to carry out costly emergency operations and taxpayers to pick up the bills. Complicity? Absolutely. Action that saves the substance of the industry? Nowhere to be seen.Author: AI-Translation - АИИ | |
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