State security investigates
“Dare more caliphate!” – Fake CDU posters surfaced
26.05.2024, 15:08
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“Dare to have more of a caliphate!” It is obvious that this is not a message that the CDU wants to spread under its name. Nevertheless, posters with this text and party logo are appearing in Leipzig. The district association is outraged and the authorities have been called in.
Unknown persons have circulated fake CDU election posters in Leipzig. In reference to CDU posters in the current election campaign, they read “Leipzig. Unsafe. Make” and the slogan “Dare more caliphate!” State security is now investigating the matter, a police spokeswoman said.
CDU district leader Andreas Nowak spoke of at least ten fake posters that had appeared in various parts of the city. But there are probably far more, said Nowak. “We are outraged,” said Nowak. “This puts our party in the same category as Islamist extremism.”
The makers had gone to great lengths to recreate the look of the CDU posters in a very realistic way. Nowak considered this to be a copyright infringement. The whole thing was not a prank or satire, he stressed. Legal action would be taken against those responsible when they were found. According to him, the posters were first discovered on Saturday.
According to his knowledge, such fake posters have already appeared in other regions of Saxony – in the Chemnitz and Zwickau areas. Nowak called on citizens to report such forgeries if they see them in their neighborhood. The news portal Tag24 had previously reported on the case.