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Tichys Einblick wrote that only 15 percent of Germans would vote for Merz if a federal election were held today. According to the medium, the CDU fails to recognize new political lines of conflict. The political divide no longer runs between the CDU and SPD, but between freedom and socialism; the CDU is on the wrong side in this. https://t.co/fLId38T8pO #Bundestagswahl #CDU #Politik (translated)

GFrei.News wrote that the German nurse Sonja Nientiet was kidnapped on May 3, 2018, in Mogadishu, where she had worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross. A guard helped the kidnappers; a Kenyan colleague who was also abducted was able to escape. Since then, Nientiet has been allegedly handed over to jihadists. Citing a report from Bild, GFrei.News wrote that the Federal Intelligence Service had determined Nientiet's whereabouts about two years after her kidnapping and a rescue operation was being prepared. The Special Forces command had trained for this, US services had provided reconnaissance information, and the USA had wanted to deploy Black Hawk helicopters. The then-current KSK commander traveled to Mogadishu for reconnaissance. According to the report, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stopped the operation because it could end in a bloodbath and cost Nientiet or involved soldiers their lives. GFrei.News criticized that Nientiet had not returned to Germany during the terms of Annalena Baerbock and Johann Wadephul. Nientiet's mother Christel passed away in 2024 at the age of 84, without knowing whether her daughter was still alive. In spring 2025, Nientiet asked for help in a video and reported a deterioration in her health. In June 2026, the federal government refused to provide specific information in the Bundestag regarding her health status, whereabouts, or possible initiatives for her release, GFrei.News wrote. The author called on Wadephul to explain what he was specifically doing for Nientiet's return. #SonjaNientiet #Geiselnahme #Bundesregierung (translated)

CDU member of parliament and chairwoman of the working group for culture and media of the Union faction in the Bundestag, Ottilie Klein, accuses the Left and Greens of "eliminatory anti-Semitism," meaning the physical extermination of the Jews. How low does the Union plan to sink with its campaign? (translated)

Max Otte wrote that he gave one of the opening speeches at the second municipal political forum of the AfD in the Paul-Löbe-Haus of the Bundestag alongside Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla. More than 600 participants followed the invitation from Carolin Bachmann and Stephan Brandner. For two days, working groups were to discuss municipal political issues. #Kommunalpolitik #AfD #Bundestag (translated)

No euro that flows to Ukraine is missing from social spending and education spending in our country. Chancellor Friedrich Merz (70, CDU) also assured on Wednesday in the Bundestag: "No euro that flows to Ukraine is missing from social spending and education spending in our country." #UkraineHilfe #Frieden #Deutschland (translated)

"If we fail to demonstrate by the next federal elections that our economy can grow sustainably again, if we fail to show by the next federal elections that our social security systems have been reformed in a future-proof and sustainable manner, then we will have no chance in the next federal elections." Extensive social reforms are, in the opinion of CDU leader Friedrich Merz, a prerequisite for future electoral successes of his party at the federal level. #Özdemir #Bündnis90DieGrünen #Linkspartei (translated)

Waldemar Hartmann wrote that neither the Greens nor the SPD would be deterred in Berlin from coming to power with the Left – not even by militant antisemitism or close ties to violent criminal clans. Behind this lies a master plan of the federal parties: The SPD wants to go into new elections with Manuela Schwesig as the top candidate and form a majority at the federal level together with the Left and the Greens. Therefore, the intended coalition in Berlin must not fail, Hartmann explained. At the same time, he accused the CDU of clinging to the firewall at the Deutschlandtag of the Young Union. He wrote that the party should prepare for its political end after the state elections in the spring. #Politik #Bundestagswahl #Koalition (translated)

The author wrote that outside of Neukölln and organized crime, no one understands this. As a result, Germany is at the mercy of the AfD, he warned. He predicted that the party would win the next federal election by a landslide and derogatorily referred to it as a group that is considered right-extremist in many places. https://t.co/AEf3rylPzG #AfD #Rechtsextremismus #Bundestagswahl #DE (translated)

Only the cook accused CDU/CSU politician Sepp Müller of constructing a Hitler comparison from Vanessa Emde's statement that people have a right to exist, while invoking German state interests and the slogan "Never again is now." Koch described Emde's statement as legally correct and wrote that Müller had instrumentalized German history with his reaction to publicly defame the politician. This had occurred through the official channel of a taxpayer-funded Bundestag faction. Koch criticized the reaction as a mockery of international law, history, and the intelligence of the population. #Menschenrechte #Völkerrecht #Politik (translated)

"The results of the pension security commission have been adopted and confirmed by the coalition committee as a whole package. Therefore, we must also implement them." The chairman of the Union faction in the Bundestag, Thorsten Frei (CDU), has warned the SPD against questioning parts of the planned pension reform again. #Deutschlandtag #FriedrichMerz #Koalitionsverhandlungen (translated)

Germany Votes published the INSA survey for the federal election for BILD am Sonntag. According to this, the AfD scored 29 percent (-1), the Union 18 percent (-1), the Greens 14 percent, the SPD 13 percent, and the Left 11 percent (+1). The BSW was at 4 percent (+1), the FDP also at 4 percent, and Others at 7 percent. As a comparison, Germany Votes mentioned the previous survey from October 11, 2026. https://t.co/yezJbEnw88 #btw29 https://t.co/ra9GMv2nxD #Bundestagswahl #Politik #Umfrage (translated)

This has definitely changed the perception of citizens of politics. Martin Fuchs, a political and digital advisor, has been observing political social media communication for years and says: "This has definitely changed the perception of citizens of politics. Because, of course, most of the things that become prominent and gain widespread attention are those that are polarizing, those that are exaggerated, #SozialeMedien #Bundestag #Politik (translated)