Methodological note. This text describes a temporal correlation and places it within a pattern already documented multiple times on this blog: investigative publication + temporally aligned political or civil-society follow-up (see Fernandes-Ulmen campaign parallel to the deepfake law, Network behind the deepfake law, HateAid-Campact funding pipeline). Strict proof of deliberate orchestration in any single case is hard to obtain; the pattern that any single case fits into is not. Sources are fully linked at the end.
Two months after the Berlin II Regional Court’s ruling against Correctiv, two versions of the same story are circulating. In one, a “painstakingly constructed edifice of lies” is collapsing, prizes must be returned, the democracy rallies were propaganda. In the other, Correctiv has won “a victory for press freedom” and the investigation stands.
Paul Brandenburg is a doctor, living in exile, facing around 90 ongoing criminal investigations, fighting for years against the Medical Association’s attempts to revoke his license — and saying things many people don’t want to hear.
Reiner Haseloff, CDU, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt, in the state parliament, June 12 of last year. Emotional, combative, passionate:
“I was born in this state and I will die in this state and I will do everything to make sure they never come into government responsibility.”
The fourth Corona symposium of the AfD parliamentary group took place in the Berlin Bundestag [0]. The event, held under the motto of critically examining Corona policy and its consequences, featured numerous speakers from Germany and abroad, including doctors, scientists, lawyers, and political actors. The goal was to network “vigilant citizens against the overreaching state” and demand comprehensive accountability for the past years [0].
On July 10, 2025, a crucial vote took place in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where a motion of no confidence against EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was discussed. This motion, filed by 77 parliamentarians, including 15 German AfD members and politicians from the Rassemblement National (RN) party led by Marine Le Pen, was an expression of growing dissatisfaction with von der Leyen’s leadership during the Corona pandemic.
