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Weber breaks with the AfDThe dispute arose over missing information about a conference in Venice.
- The conference website initially listed Weber among 13 speakers for the Venice symposium, scheduled for the period from October 29 through November 1, 2026.
- According to Weber, Sell withdrew the invitation by phone after Weber criticized him on X; shortly afterward, Weber’s name disappeared from the website.
- Weber will not attend the symposium; after his removal, twelve speakers remained listed online, all of them men.
- On X, Weber expressed a wish to publish the full plagiarism report on Alice Weidel, along with an analysis of a gap in her résumé.
I don’t think they are fit to govern. In recent days, I’ve had to radically change my opinion of the AfD.— Salzburg communications scholar Stefan Weber told the F.A.Z., explaining his changed assessment of the AfD.
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