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Michèle Alliot-Marie: The World Needs Women and a Democratic Iran for Regional Stability
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Michèle Alliot-Marie at IWD 2026: Democracy Cannot Be Achieved Without Women in All Decision-Making Bodies
On Saturday, February 21, 2026, on the eve of March 8, International Women’s Day, the NCRI Women’s Committee hosted an
![Acquisition by Axel Springer
In October 2021, the large German publishing and media firm Axel Springer SE announced that it had completed the acquisition of Politico for over $1 billion. The closing took place in late October 2021.[48][49][50] The new owners said they would add staff, and at some point, put the publication's news content behind a paywall.[51][52][53]
Axel Springer's Chief Executive Mathias Döpfner said that Politico staff would need to adhere to Axel Springer's principles,[54] including support for a united Europe and Israel's right to exist, advocate the transatlantic alliance between the United States of America and Europe and a free-market economy, and that staff who disagree with the principles "should not work for Axel Springer, very clearly".[55] Axel Springer said that they would not require Politico employees to sign documents in support of a transatlantic alliance or Israel, though this policy is enforced at German newspaper Bild, another Axel Springer subsidiary.[56]
In September 2022, Politico published an exposé critical of NGO leadership at the helm of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic response, written in cooperation with the German newspaper Die Welt, another Axel Springer property.[57]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x2obbaxjktznf67mnhznpplp/bafkreihw745tcmdakpvxmwuae27hym5vuaxhh2tzwt5dzyyaolkmdncqry)
![Coverage of Donald Trump
During the 2016 United States presidential election, Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm, targeted pro-Trump voters and anti-Hillary Clinton voters with native advertising and sponsored or branded content on Politico.[101][102]
On January 14, 2021, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro was featured as a guest writer for Politico's Playbook newsletter, where he defended Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives who opposed the second impeachment of Donald Trump.[103] The newsletter drew backlash from Politico staffers. Matthew Kaminski, editor in chief of Politico, declined to apologize and defended the decision to publish the article, stating: "We're not going to back away from having published something because some people think it was a mistake to do so." He added that the newspaper "stands by every word" in the article.[104] According to The Daily Beast, more than 100 Politico staffers signed onto a letter to publisher Robert Allbritton criticizing Politico's decision to feature Shapiro's article and the response from Kaminski.[105]
In 2024, Politico was handed leaked confidential materials from the Donald Trump presidential campaign. Politico confirmed that the documents were authentic but refused to report on their contents. The Associated Press wrote that the decision by Politico to not report on the Trump campaign leaks stands "in marked contrast" to Politico's extensive reporting on the leaked email communications of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign manager, John Podesta.[106]
Fossil fuel advertising
An investigation by The Intercept, The Nation, and DeSmog found that Politico is one of the leading media outlets that publishes advertising for the fossil fuel industry while failing to adequately distinguish between independent journalism and native advertising.[107] Journalists who cover climate change for Politico are concerned that conflicts of interest with the companies and industries that cause clima…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x2obbaxjktznf67mnhznpplp/bafkreidombd3q7ljqh7gdqiuicuycbr26kjykwbida6utpw7zpayql2g7i)
