The far-right AfD threatens to breach the political “firewall” that has lengthy saved it out of energy, as election disinformation from each the US and Russia disrupts the German media’s election protection.
Contributors:
Olaf Böhnke – Berlin director, Alliance of Democracies Basis
Ulrich Brückner – Political analyst
Michaela Küfner – Chief political editor, DW
On our radar:
This week, US President Donald Trump blamed Ukraine for beginning the struggle with Russia, kicking off an trade of barbs together with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Meenakshi Ravi studies on the diplomatic fallout and the Russian media’s gleeful response.
Mass arrests, silencing dissent, and prisons for rent; six years on, President Nayib Bukele’s distinctive model of populism stays wildly widespread in El Salvador. The Listening Submit’s Elettra Scrivo studies on the value some journalists have needed to pay for it.
That includes:
Sergio Arauz – President, the Journalist Affiliation of El Salvador
Jessica Ávalos – Investigative journalist
Víctor Barahona – Neighborhood journalist
Andrés Guzman – Presidential commissioner, human rights and freedom of expression
