Overview

• AfD leader Alice Weidel denies ever writing for The European, has engaged a media lawyer, and saw her profile and dozens of attributed items taken down.
• The European says documenting politicians’ speeches is common practice within copyright limits with sources cited, calls the coverage a right-wing campaign, and regrets any missing attributions.
• Germany’s Interior Ministry stated that Alexander Dobrindt is not an author for the site and received no payment, addressing his name appearing on the portal’s author list.
• AfD lawmakers demanded Wolfram Weimer’s immediate resignation, while questions about what the culture minister knew about the site’s practices remain unresolved.
• Other figures named as purported contributors include Friedrich Merz, Robert Habeck, Annalena Baerbock, Sahra Wagenknecht, and Hans‑Georg Maaßen, and media researcher Stefan Weber said he has issued a legal warning.