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 May 24
Cracks in the firewall: Albig's move towards the AfD is causing fierce criticism within the SPD
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Cracks in the firewall: Albig's move towards the AfD is causing fierce ...
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 May 23
Former SPD Minister-President Albig advises his party to cooperate with the AfD: As the first prominent SPD politician, former Minister-President Torsten Albig ...
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Former SPD Minister-President Albig advises his party to cooperate with ...
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 May 23
Former State Leader Albig recommends the SPD tear down the firewall against the AfD
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 May 23
Not a "spawn of hell": Former SPD head of government recommends SPD cooperation with AfD
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 May 23
Albig recommends SPD cooperate with AfD – SPD SH indignantly disagrees: One cannot act as if the AfD were “the spawn of hell,” says the former Minister-President ...
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Albig recommends SPD cooperate with AfD – SPD SH indignantly disagrees
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 May 23
OpinionFirewall debate: Former Minister-President Albig recommends SPD cooperation with AfD
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 May 23
Former state leader Albig recommends SPD cooperation with AfD: One cannot pretend that the AfD is “the spawn of hell,” says the former minister-president ...
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 May 24
Firewall against the AfD: Former Minister-President Torsten Albig advises SPD to cooperate with AfD
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 May 23
Albig recommends SPD cooperation with AfD - | SPD SH indignantly disagrees: One cannot pretend that the AfD is "the spawn of hell," says the former ...
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Albig recommends SPD cooperation with AfD - | SPD SH indignantly disagrees
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 May 23
Former Minister-President Albig recommends SPD cooperation with AfD: One cannot pretend that the AfD is "the spawn of hell," says Schleswig-Holstein's former ...
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Former Minister-President Albig recommends SPD cooperation with AfD
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 May 23
Criticism of fire wall statement by SPD member Albig - | "Everything about it is wrong"
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Criticism of fire wall statement by SPD member Albig - |
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 May 23
Push for cooperation with AfD: Former Minister-President Albig harshly criticized by the SPD
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 May 25
OpinionNow also an SPD member: Firewall against AfD develops holes: Torsten Albig, former Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein, polarizes with his opinion on the ...
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Now also an SPD member: Firewall against AfD develops holes
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 May 23
Former state leader Albig recommends SPD cooperation with AfD: One cannot pretend that the AfD is "the spawn of hell," says the former Minister-President ...
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 May 23
One cannot pretend that the AfD is a "spawn of hell" - | Former SPD Minister-President advises cooperation
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Former SPD Minister-President advocates cooperation between the Social Democrats and the AfD
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 May 23
SPD and AfD: Former Minister-President Albig wants to tear down firewall: Schleswig-Holstein's former state premier, Torsten Albig, advises the SPD to form ...
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SPD and AfD: Former Minister-President Albig wants to tear down firewall
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 May 23
Günther, Albig, and the AfD firewall: One wants it, one doesn't: What to do with the weakening federal government and the resurgent AfD? Besides Daniel ...
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Günther, Albig, and the AfD firewall: One wants it, one doesn't
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 Oct 12
CDU member distances himself from the firewall concept - | SPD warns: "Whoever moves closer to it leaves the center"
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 Jun 01
OpinionIs it a success if the AfD approves a democratic motion?: Torsten Albig has been harshly criticized for an interview on how to deal with the AfD. Here ...
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 May 27
SPD vs. AfD: Kämpfer calls Albig's proposal fundamentally wrong in interview: Kämpfer calls Albig's proposal on the SPD's approach to the AfD ...
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 May 25
OpinionAfD demarcation debate within the SPD: Smoking lobbyist against firewall: Torsten Albig war mal Ministerpräsident von Schleswig-Holstein. Heute ist der SPDler ...
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AfD demarcation debate within the SPD: Smoking lobbyist against firewall
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 May 25
OpinionFirewall debate: Who is dividing whom?​: Schleswig-Holstein's former Minister-President Albig wants the SPD to tear down the firewall against the AfD ...
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Firewall debate: Who is dividing whom?​
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 May 23
Uli Hoeneß wants to let the AfD come to power | Politics: The FC Bayern boss is causing a stir with a political bombshell. Uli Hoeneß (74) has suddenly expressed ...
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Key FactsHoeneß Supports AfD in Government, Critiques Nagelsmann
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  • Uli Hoeneß favors involving the AfD in government to expose their true capabilities and intentions.

  • He distances himself from the party’s right-wing extremists and opposes banning the AfD.

  • Uncertainty remains about Bayern sporting director Max Eberl’s future, despite his contract running through 2027.

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    • Then they will be unmasked. I’m of the opinion that the AfD should not be banned, but governed out of power.
    — Uli Hoeneß, in a Spiegel interview (as cited in a Die Welt article about the AfD)
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 Oct 14 25
Kiel elects mayor: significance for the whole of Schleswig-Holstein: The people of Kiel will elect a new mayor on November 16. The decision will have an impact ...
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Kiel elects mayor: significance for the whole of Schleswig-Holstein
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 Sep 21 25
CDU top candidate Daniel Günther reaches for absolute majority: In an interview with shz, Minister President Günther explains why he is running for re-election ...
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CDU top candidate Daniel Günther reaches for absolute majority
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Poll of the day: Is Heinold's resignation coming at the right time?: Finance Minister Monika Heinold has resigned. In the survey we want to know whether you ...
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Poll of the day: Is Heinold's resignation coming at the right time?
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 May 31 24
Fire letter from health advocates: How the FDP defends the lax German tobacco rules
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Fire letter from health advocates: How the FDP defends the lax German ...
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 May 21 24
Philip Morris: This is how Germany's most powerful tobacco lobbyist Torsten Albig works
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 Dec 28 23
Torsten Albig: "I think smoking is stupid": Torsten Albig, chief lobbyist for the tobacco company Philip Morris, was formerly Prime Minister of ...
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 Sep 19 23
Torsten Albig: from SPD Prime Minister to cigarette lobbyist: The surprising transformation of Torsten Albig from SPD Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein to ...
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Torsten Albig: from SPD Prime Minister to cigarette lobbyist
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 Sep 01 23
Former Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein: Torsten Albig becomes a tobacco lobbyist
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Former Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein: Torsten Albig becomes a ...
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 Feb 24 23
Schleswig-Holstein: CDU and Greens do not want a new refugee pact: In 2015, Schleswig-Holstein's SPD Prime Minister Torsten Albig's refugee pact brought the ...
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Schleswig-Holstein: CDU and Greens do not want a new refugee pact
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 Apr 29 22
Schleswig-Holstein Ex-Prime Minister Albig (SPD) in an interview: After being voted out in 2017, he found himself in the valley of tears. Five years later ...
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Interview with ex-minister Wara Wende: Mistakes and sexism in politics: Wara Wende became a minister as a lateral entrant in political operations - and in the ...
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