AfD's Weidel Launches Hardline Campaign for German Election
Alice Weidel was unanimously chosen as AfD's top candidate for the German Bundestag at a congress disrupted by protests; her platform includes drastic asylum policy changes, EU exit, and a return to the Deutsche Mark, raising concerns given AfD's right-wing extremism and lack of coalition prospects.
AfD's Weidel Launches Hardline Campaign for German Election
Alice Weidel was unanimously chosen as AfD's top candidate for the German Bundestag at a congress disrupted by protests; her platform includes drastic asylum policy changes, EU exit, and a return to the Deutsche Mark, raising concerns given AfD's right-wing extremism and lack of coalition prospects.
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52% Bias Score
German Party BSW Faces Uncertain Future Despite Eastern Success
The German party Allianz Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW), founded in January 2024, performed strongly in eastern Germany's recent elections (11.8%-15.8% vote share), but faces an uphill battle to overcome the 5% threshold for Bundestag representation in the February 2025 elections due to weaker western supp...
German Party BSW Faces Uncertain Future Despite Eastern Success
The German party Allianz Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW), founded in January 2024, performed strongly in eastern Germany's recent elections (11.8%-15.8% vote share), but faces an uphill battle to overcome the 5% threshold for Bundestag representation in the February 2025 elections due to weaker western supp...
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44% Bias Score
Expedited German Election Creates Tight Absentee Voting Window in NRW
Due to appeals hearings concluding January 30th, North Rhine-Westphalia's advance voting notifications for Germany's February 23rd federal election will be mailed in early February, creating a shorter-than-usual absentee voting period.
Expedited German Election Creates Tight Absentee Voting Window in NRW
Due to appeals hearings concluding January 30th, North Rhine-Westphalia's advance voting notifications for Germany's February 23rd federal election will be mailed in early February, creating a shorter-than-usual absentee voting period.
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32% Bias Score
German Party BSW Launches Bundestag Second-Vote Campaign
The German political party BSW is focusing its Bundestag election campaign on second votes in Hesse, lacking local candidates due to underdeveloped party structures but planning to establish these after the election. Their Frankfurt campaign uses 1000 posters and 150,000 flyers, prominently featurin...
German Party BSW Launches Bundestag Second-Vote Campaign
The German political party BSW is focusing its Bundestag election campaign on second votes in Hesse, lacking local candidates due to underdeveloped party structures but planning to establish these after the election. Their Frankfurt campaign uses 1000 posters and 150,000 flyers, prominently featurin...
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36% Bias Score
Germany's Snap Election: CDU Leads, AfD Rises
Germany holds snap national elections on February 23rd after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed; the CDU leads in polls at 30%, followed by the AfD at 22%, and the SPD at 16%, with the AfD's platform advocating mass deportations of migrants.
Germany's Snap Election: CDU Leads, AfD Rises
Germany holds snap national elections on February 23rd after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed; the CDU leads in polls at 30%, followed by the AfD at 22%, and the SPD at 16%, with the AfD's platform advocating mass deportations of migrants.
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28% Bias Score
Germany's BSW Party Seeks Bundestag Entry Amid Ukraine Policy Debate
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), founded in January 2024, is vying for Bundestag seats in the February 2025 German election, aiming for at least 5% of the vote after achieving double-digit results in three state elections. Their anti-arms delivery stance to Ukraine complicates coalition prospec...
Germany's BSW Party Seeks Bundestag Entry Amid Ukraine Policy Debate
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), founded in January 2024, is vying for Bundestag seats in the February 2025 German election, aiming for at least 5% of the vote after achieving double-digit results in three state elections. Their anti-arms delivery stance to Ukraine complicates coalition prospec...
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52% Bias Score
AfD Nominates Weidel for Chancellor in Upcoming German Election
Germany's upcoming election on February 23rd sees the far-right AfD party nominating Alice Weidel as its chancellor candidate for the first time, currently polling at 20%—a significant development in German politics, with protests marking the announcement.
AfD Nominates Weidel for Chancellor in Upcoming German Election
Germany's upcoming election on February 23rd sees the far-right AfD party nominating Alice Weidel as its chancellor candidate for the first time, currently polling at 20%—a significant development in German politics, with protests marking the announcement.
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48% Bias Score
Hessen Faces Logistical Hurdles in Snap Federal Election
Hessen holds a snap federal election on February 23, 2025, due to the November collapse of Germany's coalition government; 4.3 million are eligible to vote, facing shorter deadlines for postal voting and logistical challenges for municipalities in organizing the election.
Hessen Faces Logistical Hurdles in Snap Federal Election
Hessen holds a snap federal election on February 23, 2025, due to the November collapse of Germany's coalition government; 4.3 million are eligible to vote, facing shorter deadlines for postal voting and logistical challenges for municipalities in organizing the election.
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32% Bias Score
German Election: Three Parties Face Steep Climb to Bundestag
Three German political parties—the Left Party, FDP, and Sahra Wagenknecht's new alliance—are struggling to surpass the 5% threshold for Bundestag representation in upcoming elections, potentially creating a multi-party coalition government and impacting German politics.
German Election: Three Parties Face Steep Climb to Bundestag
Three German political parties—the Left Party, FDP, and Sahra Wagenknecht's new alliance—are struggling to surpass the 5% threshold for Bundestag representation in upcoming elections, potentially creating a multi-party coalition government and impacting German politics.
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48% Bias Score
AfD Adopts Far-Right Platform, Nominates Weidel as Chancellor Candidate
The AfD's party congress in Riesa nominated Alice Weidel as its chancellor candidate and adopted a far-reaching program including stricter immigration, EU exit, and military strengthening, classified as partly right-wing extremist by the domestic intelligence agency.
AfD Adopts Far-Right Platform, Nominates Weidel as Chancellor Candidate
The AfD's party congress in Riesa nominated Alice Weidel as its chancellor candidate and adopted a far-reaching program including stricter immigration, EU exit, and military strengthening, classified as partly right-wing extremist by the domestic intelligence agency.
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64% Bias Score
Protests Delay AfD Convention as Weidel Nominated for Chancellor
Thousands protested an AfD convention in Riesa, Saxony, delaying its start where Alice Weidel was nominated as the party's chancellor candidate, despite polls showing low chances of winning, highlighting the country's political polarization ahead of February's election.
Protests Delay AfD Convention as Weidel Nominated for Chancellor
Thousands protested an AfD convention in Riesa, Saxony, delaying its start where Alice Weidel was nominated as the party's chancellor candidate, despite polls showing low chances of winning, highlighting the country's political polarization ahead of February's election.
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44% Bias Score
AfD Adopts Far-Right Platform, Nominates Weidel as Chancellor Candidate
Alice Weidel was nominated as the AfD's chancellor candidate at its weekend convention in Riesa, Saxony, where the party adopted a platform advocating for stricter immigration policies, withdrawal from the European Union, and a more traditional family structure, among other key proposals.
AfD Adopts Far-Right Platform, Nominates Weidel as Chancellor Candidate
Alice Weidel was nominated as the AfD's chancellor candidate at its weekend convention in Riesa, Saxony, where the party adopted a platform advocating for stricter immigration policies, withdrawal from the European Union, and a more traditional family structure, among other key proposals.
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60% Bias Score