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German Election and AfD in the Wake of a Donation Scandal from Austria
The German parliamentary elections are approaching, and yet another donation scandal is rocking the Alternative for Germany (AfD). The focus is on millions of euros that are said to have flowed from Austria - in some cases in a questionable manner. While the Austrian authorities are investigating the suspicion of money laundering, the question arises as to what extent actors from the Alpine country are influencing the German election campaign.
The recent donation scandal reveals Austrian actors' influence on the German parliamentary election campaign, including an alleged illegal donation by a former FPÖ functionary to Alice Weidel's AfD. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Olaf Kosinsky / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)
In February, the AfD reported a large donation of 2.35 million euros to the Bundestag administration. The official donor: Gerhard Dingler, a former functionary of the right-wing populist FPÖ in Austria. However, a joint investigation by Der Spiegel and Der Standard casts massive doubt on this account.
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