In an interview with the the newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine” on April 27, 2026, German entrepreneur Wolfgang Reitzle takes stock of Germany as a business location. To meet Germany’s electricity needs more affordably, Reitzle proposes a 50:50 mix of renewables and nuclear power. Until new nuclear power plants are built, natural gas power plants should be…
“And then we must also acknowledge that a significant proportion of this violence originates from immigrant communities in the Federal Republic of Germany.” On 25 March 2026, the German Bundestag debated the issue of violence against women in the wake of a high-profile case of sexual violence against the actress Collien Fernandes. Chancellor Friedrich Merz…
On February 12, 2026, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, spoke at the press conference following the EU Leaders Retreat at Alden Castle in Biesen, Belgium. She said: “The emission trading system has clear benefits. It has been introduced in 2005 and since then the emissions have gone down by 39%. The…
On February 6, 2026, the European Commission issued a press release regarding TikTok’s allegedly addictive design. The release quotes Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy: “Social media addiction can have detrimental effects on the developing minds of children and teens. The Digital Services Act makes platforms responsible for the effects…
On 5 March 2026, Roxana Mînzatu, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, made the following statement during a European Commission press conference: “Closing the gender gap in employment could mean an extra 10% in EU GDP per capita and creating more than 10 million jobs…
The statement to be reviewed originates from the website of the fashion company SHEIN and refers to its publicly communicated efforts in the area of climate protection and decarbonisation: “Our operational teams and supply chain partners are working to reduce the environmental footprint of our products and facilities.” Despite the statement being mostly true, it…
During the plenary session of the German Bundestag on 9 July 2025, Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) stated: “Germany accounts for approximately 1 percent of the world’s population. We account for roughly 2 percent of the problem in terms of CO₂ emissions. Even if we were all climate-neutral in Germany tomorrow, not a single natural…
On October 12, 2025, the talk show “Opinions” on RTR-Belarus made a claim about Ukrainian refugees that turns out to be false: “80% of Ukrainian refugees in Germany do not want to work. In the Netherlands and Poland, the numbers are only slightly better – more than 70% of these guests prefer to remain on…
In an interview with “The Guardian” dated July 2, 2025, Teresa Ribera, Vice-President of the European Commission for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, comments against the backdrop of the increasing frequency of heatwaves in Europe. On the occasion of the heatwave in the summer of 2025, she states: “They are absolutely terrible temperatures that…
Does a ban on new internal combustion engine cars achieve nothing for the climate? This statement was made by German CDU politician Manuel Hagel in the context of the debate over the planned EU-wide ban on new registrations of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles starting in 2035. Hagel argued that the EU-wide ban on new…