Overview
- Cem Özdemir, a leading Green in Baden-Württemberg, said in an interview he will remain on X because he does not want to leave the space to loud voices and false claims.
- SPD, the Greens, and the Left announced a joint pullback from X, deactivating party and parliamentary group accounts rather than deleting them due to what they called chaos and rising disinformation on the platform.
- The parties left the choice to individual lawmakers, and several Greens including Ricarda Lang, Omid Nouripour, and Konstantin von Notz plan to keep posting.
- The CDU says it will stay on X, with parliamentary manager Steffen Bilger arguing parties need social media to reach citizens, while the AfD praised the exit as a capitulation.
- Political adviser Johannes Hillje warned that leaving could be a strategic mistake because X still shapes news agendas among journalists, influencers, experts, and lobbyists.