We decided to analyse the German and Polish media to find out what the countries think about the temporarily reintroduced border controls at the German border with Poland. Border controls were introduced on 16 October 2023 and have since been extended until mid-June 2024. We analyzed various articles. In the German media, we used well-known…
After spending weeks researching the Neptun Deep gas project, we kept returning to the same question: Why is Romania investing billions in fossil fuels when it could lead in clean energy instead? At first glance, Neptun Deep looks like progress: a huge offshore project, promising jobs, growth, and “energy independence.” But when you look closer,…
In June 2024, during public communications about the Neptun Deep offshore gas project, Christina Verchere, CEO of OMV Petrom, stated that “the Neptun Deep project does not induce a significant impact on environmental and socio-economic factors” and “is a strategic project for Romania and the EU, it will contribute to the country’s energy independence and…
On March 25th of 2025, Patrice Onwuka wrote an article for the Independent Women’s Forum entitled “To close the pay gap, make different choices.” In this article, she claims: “There is no gender pay gap. This is a simple truth hidden from generations of women because it contradicts the Left’s narrative about victimhood in the…
The gender wage gap remains one of the most persistent indicators of inequality in the global labor market. According to a report by OECD, “Gender gaps in paid and unpaid work persist”, women are less likely than men to be employed, to work part-time, to put in fewer hours at paid jobs, and to put…
On February 20, 2025, three days before the federal election in Germany, Alice Weidel, party leader of the AfD, claimed during the “Wahl 2025 Schlussrunde” on ARD and ZDF that the reason for the steadily rising health insurance contributions are the millions of people who were allowed into the statutory health insurance system by political…
In the FDP party`s election program for the federal election in February 2025 the party addresses the question whether the speed limit would make German highways safer and save a lot of carbon dioxide. The party declares: „No, both is not right.” This factcheck focuses on the second part of that claim. Especially because the…
On May 27, 2025, Thorsten Frei, Head of the German Chancellery, stated on the ARD talk show Maischberger: “Everyone who works full-time earns enough to live on”. This statement is false. The Context: A Heated Debate on Work and Wages On May 27, 2025, CDU politician and Head of the German Chancellery Thorsten Frei appeared…
During a public hearing at the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC) on 6 February 2025, Dutch Commissioner for Climate Action Wopke Hoekstra claimed that only 20% of companies are responsible for around 97% of the emissions. His claim turns out to be mostly false. Public hearing at the Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)…
On January 8, 2025, Friedrich Merz, the Federal Chancellor of Germany, stated in an interview with the newspaper Welt that “Dual citizenship will thus become the rule in our citizenship law” and that “it will bring additional problems into the country.” To assess this statement, we first examine whether dual citizenship has indeed become the…