New election of the Bundestag
Parties agree on fairness agreements for election campaigns
Short and hard – that’s how the federal election campaign will be according to the parties and political observers. Nevertheless, things should be fair – this is what the SPD, CDU, CSU, Greens, FDP and Left have now agreed on.
Ahead of what is expected to be a tough federal election campaign, the parties have agreed on a fairness agreement. Among other things, it provides for refraining from personal denigration or attacks on the personal or professional environment of politicians and for debates with one another in a respectful manner. The agreement was agreed by the SPD, CDU, CSU, Greens, FDP and the Left, as the SPD and CDU announced. The target date for new elections is February 23rd.
In the agreement, the parties commit to refraining from disinformation (fake news): “We do not use such deliberately false information for election campaign purposes – even if it comes from third parties who have no connection to us.” The use of false identities, for example with fake accounts, is also rejected: “We are recognizable as the sender of a political message, either through a party logo that is clearly visible in the election advertising material or through the account with which content is published.”
No violence against election campaigners
For the local election campaign, the parties assure each other that they will not use violence against election campaigners, for example when hanging up posters or against campaign stands. “Posters of political competitors may not be destroyed, damaged, taken down or re-hung,” the agreement continues.
The digital election campaign and the use of artificial intelligence should also be carried out fairly. For example, it says: “We do not use deepfake technologies to put political competitors in the mouths of statements that they have not actually made.” Image, video and audio material generated with the help of AI should be clearly and unmistakably marked in this way. Users’ personal data is handled responsibly.
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Source: Stern
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