Does a ban on new internal combustion engine cars achieve nothing for the climate? This statement was made by German CDU politician Manuel Hagel in the context of the debate over the planned EU-wide ban on new registrations of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles starting in 2035. Hagel argued that the EU-wide ban on new…
Dominik Kettner, entrepreneur and precious metals expert, and Dieter Bohlen claim in an interview published on 15 November 2025: “Over 270.000 Germans emigrated last year. And we know that these are high achievers: engineers, entrepreneurs, doctors.” (time stamp: 28:05) According to Bohlen, the reason for the emigration is the dissatisfaction of Germans due to the…
In June 2025, Alice Weidel, leader of the radical right-wing party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), stated that mass migration had not helped the German labour market, had not alleviated the pension crisis and, on the contrary, had overburdened the social system. These statements are in line with the broader rhetoric of the AfD, and are…
A common belief is that replacing meat with tofu does not help the environment, since soy farming is often connected to deforestation in tropical regions like the Amazon. However, soy grown for tofu and other human foods makes up only a small part of global soy production. This fact check explores how tofu is actually…
On March 25th of 2025, Patrice Onwuka wrote an article for the Independent Women’s Forum entitled “To close the pay gap, make different choices.” In this article, she claims: “There is no gender pay gap. This is a simple truth hidden from generations of women because it contradicts the Left’s narrative about victimhood in the…
In the FDP party`s election program for the federal election in February 2025 the party addresses the question whether the speed limit would make German highways safer and save a lot of carbon dioxide. The party declares: „No, both is not right.” This factcheck focuses on the second part of that claim. Especially because the…
During a public hearing at the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC) on 6 February 2025, Dutch Commissioner for Climate Action Wopke Hoekstra claimed that only 20% of companies are responsible for around 97% of the emissions. His claim turns out to be mostly false. Public hearing at the Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)…
On January 8, 2025, Friedrich Merz, the Federal Chancellor of Germany, stated in an interview with the newspaper Welt that “Dual citizenship will thus become the rule in our citizenship law” and that “it will bring additional problems into the country.” To assess this statement, we first examine whether dual citizenship has indeed become the…
On January 11, 2024, the German extreme-right party „Alternative for Germany“ published an article in its digital member magazine afdkompakt.de claiming that immigration costs Germany €6 trillion, which is seen as evidence for the need of remigration. The source for this statement is a study published in January by economist Bernd Raffelhüschen. The AfD’s interpretation…
On 20 July 2024, the former Federal Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Sigmar Gabriel, stated on X that many young people being a part of GenZ and the Millennials are not willing to work. He said: “At the top and at the bottom:…
