[aktenlage]

Keep in mind that politico is a subsidiary of Axel Springer, which is largely controlled by a man that has recently been exposed to have actively ordered chief editors write in support of the party of economic liberalism (FDP) before the last election in Germany. I.e. it is entirely possible that this article is also politically motivated.

[alephnerd]

I keep seeing people saying this about Politico and it's total FUD. I have friends who work there and it's pretty firewalled from Axel Springer. This conspiracy theory for the Politico portion seems to have started in r/Europe and r/WorldNews a couple months ago and kept getting repeated since.

[kataklasm]

And you are plastering this exact message all over these threads here. Makes it seem like you have an agenda? Do you have an affiliation with Politico/Axel Springer?

The political corruption and and election meddling done by Axel Springer is a known fact. [0]

Excerpt from [0] translated with DeepL:

  "Our last hope is the FDP. Only if it becomes very strong - and that may be - the green-red disaster will be avoided. Can we do any more for them. The only ones who are consistently positioned against the Corona Measures madness. It's a patriotic duty."

[0] https://archive.is/g8RMu

[SV_BubbleTime]

If you are reading any news site about it - it’s political to someone.