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Matthias Döpfner Is Said to Have Called on Merz to Break the Firewall – Springer Speaks of "Smooth Lie"

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The new political podcast "If you knew..." of the editorial network of Germany (RND) started on Tuesday with its first episode. In the ... The post Matthias Döpfner is said to have asked Merz to break the fire wall – Springer speaks of "smooth lie" appeared first on Apollo News.

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According to research by the RND, Mathias Döpfner has asked Chancellor Friedrich Merz to open up to the AfD. Springer-Verlag rejects this.

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The new political podcast "If you knew..." of the editorial network of Germany (RND) started on Tuesday with its first episode. In the ... The post Matthias Döpfner is said to have asked Merz to break the fire wall – Springer speaks of "smooth lie" appeared first on Apollo News.

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1. Mathias Döpfner: Controversy over alleged AfD message from him to Friedrich Merz (spiegel.de) A podcast by the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland” (RND) suggests that Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner tried to pressure Chancellor Friedrich Merz into cooperating with the AfD in a private meeting. Merz reportedly refused outright, whereupon Döpfner is said to have remarked as he left: “You’ll regret this.” In the first episode of “If You Knew…”, …

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apollo-news.net broke the news on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
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