How the far-right AfD fuelled a campaign of division

DW Berlin Briefing - Inside German politics

• Episode: How the far-right AfD fuelled a campaign of division
• Website: DW Berlin Briefing - Inside German politics
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• Duration: 00:33:31
• Published: 2025-07-25 13:34

The deliberate spread of false information just handed the far right a big win. The vote on a new set of constitutional court judges was postponed. One candidate has been left damaged. We speak to Philipp Sälhoff, who heads a think tank that showed how a post by the far-right AfD party went on to fuel a campaign of disinformation and how this has become a wake-up call for German policy makers.