18 March 2026
A Berlin regional court has delivered a significant legal blow to the German left-leaning investigative outlet Correctiv.
The move prohibits it from repeating the claim that several politicians and others discussed the possible deportation of two million migrants from Germany during an alleged secret meeting in Potsdam.
These claims caused a huge backlash against the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party and sparked mass protests across Germany,
Yesterday, the Landgericht Berlin ruled in favour of AfD MP Gerrit Huy, banning three key statements from Correctiv’s coverage of the November 2023 gathering near Potsdam.
The court classified the claims as false factual assertions rather than protected journalistic opinion, ordering the outlet to cease publishing them.
These claims included the assertion that a “masterplan for the expulsion of German citizens” was presented at the meeting. Also, references to an “denaturalisation idea for citizens” put forward by Austrian activist Martin Sellner and the claim, attributed via another participant, that Huy herself proposed revoking German citizenship from dual nationals.
The ruling, which is not yet final and can be appealed, marks the latest chapter in a string of lawsuits brought by participants in the meeting.
Huy’s lawyer, Carsten Brennecke, described the outcome as decisive: The Correctiv report had “collapsed like a house of cards”, he said, with the messages that “made thousands of Germans afraid” and...
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