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On TikTok, the AfD presents itself as a caretaker and champion of young people—democratic parties have not yet found any good answers to this,
Time and again, accounts from the AfD or from the party's environment are involved" in such content
We are observing masses of openly right-wing extremist symbols and codes on TikTok,
said Deborah Schnabel, the director of the Anne Frank Educational Center Non-partisan social media users in Germany are seeing right-leaning content more than twice as much than left-leaning content in the lead up to the country's federal elections,
At a time when Big Tech companies are increasingly under scrutiny for their influence on major elections, investigators studied what content TikTok, X and Instagram's algorithms were recommending to politically interested yet non-partisan users during the election build up,
Tonight we will celebrate and from tomorrow we start working,
Merz said in a first reaction to the exit polls in Berlin, surrounded by supporters I am communicating closely with a lot of prime ministers, and heads of EU states and for me it is an absolute priority to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible, so that we achieve independence from the US, step by step,
If the FDP leaves the Bundestag, it is quite clear that I will also leave politics,
On important issues like immigration and the economy, it's hard to know what the Greens stand for, ... [Annalena] Baerbock achieved a better result last time."
he said, before taking aim at lead candidate Robert Habeck To be so ahead of the SPD, the oldest political party in Germany is epochal,
Merz now has the mandate to govern and I hope he realizes what responsibility he has,
I never thought that I would ever need to say something like that, on television, but after the latest statements made by Donald Trump last week, it is clear, that the Americans — at any case these Americans, this administration — mostly don't care about the fate of Europe one way or another,
I'm so incredibly grateful for this result which shows clearly that our focus on social topics was successful,
said co-chair Heidi Reichinnek This goes deeper than just changing heads,
Schulze tells DW, when asked whether party leaders Lars Klingbeil and Saskia Esken will now have to step down We'll stand up for lower rents, affordable housing, the abolition of VAT on food stuffs, hygiene products and public transport, and a fairer tax system which lifts the burden from the majority,
said Reichinnek when asked about her party's priorities We have to change something programmatically,
We have won this and we've won it clearly,
I want to do politics so that a party like the AfD is no longer needed in Germany,
he told a congress of his conservatives in January, blaming the Social Democrat Scholz and his Green partners for creating the conditions that nurtured the AfD, reported Reuters The left is over. There is no longer a left-wing majority and no more left-wing politics in Germany. It’s over. It’s no longer possible.”
The incumbent SPD party has hit out at remarks made by frontrunner Friedrich Merz in his campaign finale yesterday, in which the CDU-CSU candidate claimed We will under no circumstances discuss any talks, never mind negotiations or a participation in government, with AfD,
Mr Merz insisted on Saturday
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