Allegations Against Weimer for Weidel-Texten - Verlag Defends Itself Against Afd-Chefin

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There are accusations against Minister of State Wolfram Weimer (non-party) concerning his former role as a publisher. The magazine "The European", which belongs to the Weimer Media Group, is said to have published texts and speeches of many people in recent years without their knowledge.

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Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer is in need of explanation. His publishing house may have published hundreds of articles unlawfully, including apparently those of AfD's head Alice Weidel. The look behind the scenes of Weimer's publishing house reveals further abnormalities.

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The magazine "The European", which belongs to the media group of Minister of State of Culture Wolfram Weimer, is said to have published texts by politicians and authors without their knowledge. AfD leader Alice Weill has engaged lawyers, the publication rejects the allegations as undue.

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A magazine belonging to the media group of the Minister of Culture, Wolfram Weimer, is said to have copied texts and speeches from politicians. AfD leader Alice Weidel has engaged her lawyers.

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For days now, the pressure on Wolfram Weimer and the Weimer Media Group, which he founded and led until May, has been growing – a media conglomerate that runs a good dozen other media platforms alongside The European. The accusation is as explosive as it is explosive: systematic copyright theft in a large style.

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Berlin, October 18, 2025. According to media reports, today's Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media, Wolfram Weimer, as editor of a magazine published on the Internet, is said to have infringed copyright law. As the journalist and blogger Alexander Wallasch first reported, Weimer is responsible for the fact that in his magazine "The European" texts were printed without identifying their exact origin and without asking the respective authors…