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For a year, Friedrich Merz has led the CDU. He promised a clear demarcation from the AfD, but he himself keeps feeling out the border to the right ... Show more   https://trib.al/IfvsZdx

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Debate about Libra: scandalous state-related journalism?: The CDU/CSU parliamentary group has made a small request to the federal government regarding the online ...
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Debate about Libra: scandalous state-related journalism?
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Dresden: Will Mayor Dirk Hilbert lose in the Dresden mayoral dispute?: Actually, Mayor Dirk Hilbert is strengthened from the mayoral dispute ...
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Dresden: Will Mayor Dirk Hilbert lose in the Dresden mayoral dispute?
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CDU and AfD: The firewall is crumbling: Friedrich Merz has been leading the CDU for a year. He promised a clear demarcation from the AfD ...
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CDU and AfD: The firewall is crumbling
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Debate about Libra: scandalous state-related journalism?: The CDU/CSU parliamentary group has made a small request to the federal government regarding the online ...
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Debate about Libra: scandalous state-related journalism?
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Dresden: Will Mayor Dirk Hilbert lose in the Dresden mayoral dispute?: Actually, Mayor Dirk Hilbert is strengthened from the mayoral dispute ...
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Dresden: Will Mayor Dirk Hilbert lose in the Dresden mayoral dispute?
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Dogan in the focus of politics: What does the result of the district election mean for the work in the district council?
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Dogan in the focus of politics: What does the result of the district ...
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Tino Chrupalla with Caren Miosga: Half-hearted didactics: With Caren Miosga, one goal always shines through: the audience should find Tino Chrupalla terrible ...
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Tino Chrupalla with Caren Miosga: Half-hearted didactics
Quick Glance: AfD Leader Chrupalla: Self-Presentation and Critical Discussion
  • Caren Miosga presents AfD leader Tino Chrupalla as a friendly next-door painter who evades critical questions.

  • The discussion touches on the Russia ties of AfD politicians, lack of evidence, and sexism within the party.

  • Chrupalla portrays himself as a down-to-earth private individual with vague political ambitions.

  • Topics like economic policy, labor shortages, childcare, and integration are discussed, while critical confrontations fall flat.
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Espionage for China: "AfD as a security risk for the Federal Republic": China's arms apparently extend to the European Parliament. An employee of the AfD ...
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Espionage for China:
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Huber in the ntv early start: "The AfD is a danger for Germany": The top candidate is no longer sustainable and the AfD is a danger for Germany: clear words from ...
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Huber in the ntv early start:
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AfD Bavaria: Halemba gives up parliamentary group positions: iDaniel Halemba is being investigated on suspicion of sedition. The member of the state parliament ...
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AfD Bavaria: Halemba gives up parliamentary group positions
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Study: Low mood and shift to the right among the younger generation: After coronavirus, other crises are now dampening the mood of teenagers and young adults ...
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Study: Low mood and shift to the right among the younger generation
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From Lucke to Krah and Bystron: "The AfD's own victim narrative is becoming too sensitive"
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From Lucke to Krah and Bystron:
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AfD goes on the offensive at information stands: Visitors to Emden city center will encounter representatives of the AfD more frequently in the next few weeks: ...
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AfD goes on the offensive at information stands
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Investigation process is being examined: Krah's China course is even offensive to AfD politicians
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Investigation process is being examined: Krah's China course is even ...
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New lawsuit against the traffic lights: CDU takes action against climate law: He has done it again: CDU MP Thomas Heilmann wants to have the traffic light ...
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New lawsuit against the traffic lights: CDU takes action against climate ...
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Latest poll: AfD continues to lose popularity, FDP gets poor marks: The latest trend barometer shows that the AfD is continuing to lose popularity and is thus ...
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Latest poll: AfD continues to lose popularity, FDP gets poor marks
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Study shows: AfD is the strongest party among young people. The Greens are falling among those under 30 - The World Week
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Study shows: AfD is the strongest party among young people ...
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RTL/ntv trend barometer: AfD falls to worst value since May 2023: The trend barometer continues to decline for the AfD: the party is moving further and further ...
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RTL/ntv trend barometer: AfD falls to worst value since May 2023
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Mood in the AfD: “The hut seems to be on fire”: Suspicion of espionage, bribes, corruption: the AfD is under considerable pressure. SPIEGEL editor Ann-Katrin ...
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Mood in the AfD: “The hut seems to be on fire”
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AfD posts: Mother sues over police operation at school: After the police operation at a school in Ribnitz-Damgarten, the girl's mother is suing ...
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AfD posts: Mother sues over police operation at school
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AfD loses 1.8 million voters in polls - 4 reasons for its decline: The AFD is steadily losing support in the polls. The party is now below 18 percent in the ...
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AfD loses 1.8 million voters in polls - 4 reasons for its decline
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Hessian AfD applies for Corona Committee: There are enough signatures in the state parliament to set up a committee to deal with the pandemic ...
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Hessian AfD applies for Corona Committee
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German AfD Lawmaker to Fire Aide Accused of Spying for China: The Alternative for Germany’s lead candidate in the European Parliament elections said he’ll fire ...
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German AfD Lawmaker to Fire Aide Accused of Spying for China
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Boele: The time is - Then Merz speaks at the Schützenfest: Germany's CDU leader Friedrich Merz speaks at the Boeler Schützenfest.
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Boele: The time is - Then Merz speaks at the Schützenfest
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Minimum wage: Scholz is annoyed with the collective bargaining parties: The person arrested is said to be an employee of the AfD's leading candidate for the ...
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Minimum wage: Scholz is annoyed with the collective bargaining parties
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Germany probes claims far-right MEP took payments from Russia, China: MEP Maximilian Krah is under pressure to withdraw his candidacy as AfD’s top candidate in ...
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Germany probes claims far-right MEP took payments from Russia, China
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First on ARD, now on ZDF: Maybrit Illner invites Tino Chrupalla to a conversation
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First on ARD, now on ZDF: Maybrit Illner invites Tino Chrupalla to a ...
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Youth study: the right-wing vibe is catching on: A new youth study shows: The AfD is gaining enormous support among people between the ages of 14 and 29 ...
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Youth study: the right-wing vibe is catching on
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Why so many young people would vote for AfD: Young people in Germany are apparently suffering more from the major crises than previously assumed ...
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Why so many young people would vote for AfD
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Criticism of the initiators of the citizens' petition: Soest CDU leader finds clear words
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Criticism of the initiators of the citizens' petition: Soest CDU leader ...
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With two exceptions: Germans give Corona policy a good report: Mask requirements, vaccinations, curfews: Hardly a day goes by during the corona pandemic without ...
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With two exceptions: Germans give Corona policy a good report
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Berlin: Senate warns schools about “rape day” on the Internet: The Berlin Senate has warned schools, parents and students about videos on popular internet ...
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Berlin: Senate warns schools about “rape day” on the Internet
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The AfD has the most loyal regular voters - other parties are looking down the pipe
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The AfD has the most loyal regular voters - other parties are looking down ...
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Democracy: Why are so many young people moving to the right?: Many young people find out about politics on social media? and then often end up with the AfD ...
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Democracy: Why are so many young people moving to the right?
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Germany sees spike in Chinese and Russian espionage: Six suspected spies have been arrested in quick succession. Security services see links to the war against ...
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Germany sees spike in Chinese and Russian espionage
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Protestant church does not award offices to AfD members: Declaring war on right-wing extremism: The Protestant Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian-Upper ...
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Protestant church does not award offices to AfD members
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Church does not want AfD members in leadership positions: The Protestant Church in Berlin and Brandenburg does not allow AfD members in its leadership positions ...
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Church does not want AfD members in leadership positions
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Long Covid destroys the life of a 15-year-old from MV: Katja Fiedler is worried about her daughter. After several corona infections, a normal life is no longer ...
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Long Covid destroys the life of a 15-year-old from MV
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Björn Höcke: Trial in Halle - Did the AfD politician use SA slogans?: Thuringia's AfD leader Björn Höcke has already been investigated several times ...
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Björn Höcke: Trial in Halle - Did the AfD politician use SA slogans?
Quick Glance: Charges Against Höcke: What Awaits Him?
  • The trial against AfD leader Höcke revolves around the use of a banned SA slogan.

  • Höcke is accused of using symbols of unconstitutional organizations.

  • He denies understanding the significance of the 'Alles für Deutschland!' slogan.

  • A conviction could impact the ongoing state election campaign in Thuringia.
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Björn Höcke: Innocent. NZZ fires on AfD: "Friends of autocrats". 60.8 billion for Selenskyj: Cash registers ringing at the military-industrial complex ...
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Björn Höcke: Innocent. NZZ fires on AfD:
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Espionage for China: Are critics monitored in Germany?: The suspected spy in the office of AfD politician Krah is also said to have spied on critics of China ...
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Espionage for China: Are critics monitored in Germany?
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Böhmermann is allowed to say "cull Nazis": "Don't always pull out the Nazi club, but maybe just club a few Nazis", the German satirist said in February ...
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Böhmermann is allowed to say
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How forgetful of history is the AfD?: AfD top candidate Maximilian Krah calls for people to be proud of their ancestors - but his own grandfather was in the ...
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How forgetful of history is the AfD?
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Traffic noise: Environmental aid motivates citizens to report loud cars: German Environmental Aid is launching a controversial campaign against traffic noise: ...
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Traffic noise: Environmental aid motivates citizens to report loud cars
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"Maischberger": "It won't happen with this left-wing coalition," says Amthor: The traffic light coalition is arguing about measures for an "economic turnaround" ...
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“No coalition games”: Lindner rejects CDU appeals to phase out traffic lights: The FDP wants to accelerate the economic turnaround with a twelve-point plan ...
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“No coalition games”: Lindner rejects CDU appeals to phase out traffic ...
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Emden celebrates its new festival theater on the Wall: It took around three years for the former Emden theater to become the Festspielhaus ...
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Emden celebrates its new festival theater on the Wall
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Marco Buschmann in an interview: Protecting the constitutional state from the AfD
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Marco Buschmann in an interview: Protecting the constitutional state from ...
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Constitutional law professor Rupert Scholz: “There is no substantial fascism in Germany. And the AfD is not a fascist party either” - The World Week
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Constitutional law professor Rupert Scholz: “There is no substantial ...
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“The CDU will destroy itself”: Ex-Christian Democrat believes that his former party is on the verge of extinction. She is just the Green Party's assistant ...
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“The CDU will destroy itself”: Ex-Christian Democrat believes that his ...
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Bavaria: New investigations against AfD politician Daniel Halemba: The AfD state politician Daniel Halemba is confronted with new allegations: Money laundering ...
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Bavaria: New investigations against AfD politician Daniel Halemba
Quick Glance: New Allegations Against AfD MP Halemba
  • The Würzburg Public Prosecutor's Office requests the lifting of Daniel Halemba's immunity due to money laundering and other allegations.

  • The investigations stem from discoveries during a search at the Teutonia Prag fraternity house.

  • Halemba denies the accusations and hopes for dismissal or acquittal.

  • The Prosecutor's Office intends to press charges based on suspicion of money laundering and other criminal acts.
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Söder appeals: Smoking weed in the state parliament should be banned: Bavaria wants to make smoking weed as difficult as possible. The announcement by a member ...
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Söder appeals: Smoking weed in the state parliament should be banned
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Julia Navalnaya awarded media freedom prize: Alexei Navalny's widow has been awarded the Media Freedom Prize. CDU leader Friedrich Merz praised Navalnaya as a ...
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Julia Navalnaya awarded media freedom prize
Quick Glance: Yulia Navalnaya Receives German Press Award
  • Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, honored by a German publishing house in Bavaria for promoting media freedom.

  • At the event on Friday, April 19, Navalnaya reaffirmed her unwavering commitment to promoting media freedom and carrying on her late husband's legacy.

  • During her acceptance speech, Navalnaya reiterated her earlier statements alleging Russian President Vladimir Putin's involvement in her husband's death.

  • Yulia Navalnaya, collaborating with publishers to finalize the manuscript, emphasizes that 'Patriot' is a testament to Alexei's life and his commitment to the fight against dictatorship.
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Clichés about Bavaria: Bavaria is just different: Swabians are stingy, Berliners are rude - and Bavaria? Federal state clichés are boring ...
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Clichés about Bavaria: Bavaria is just different
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First AfD district councillor: The practical shock of Robert Sesselmann: He wanted to negotiate with Putin, close the border and leave the euro. In practice ...
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First AfD district councillor: The practical shock of Robert Sesselmann
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Survey: Black-Red loses majority in Berlin - The biggest loser is the AfD: A coalition of the CDU and SPD has been in power in the capital for around a year ...
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Survey: Black-Red loses majority in Berlin - The biggest loser is the AfD
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Lower Saxony's AfD elects Schledde despite accusations: Although he is under investigation for violating party law, a party conference has elected AfD politician ...
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Lower Saxony's AfD elects Schledde despite accusations
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Federal Constitutional Court: “I see some urgency”: Does the Federal Constitutional Court need to be better protected before the AfD becomes even stronger? A ...
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Federal Constitutional Court: “I see some urgency”