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Did a senior CDU leader just endorse censoring the media?

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Jörg Luyken
Jan 21, 2026
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Dear Reader,

Did one of the most senior figures in the CDU just call for news outlets that produce sensationalist content to be censored or banned? That is the explosive question at the centre of a debate on freedom of speech that has been simmering in Germany this month.

Daniel Günther, the minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein, described new media ou…

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