"He soon found other ways to exploit his prominence in Germany"
Is Köppel a stepping stone for the AfD? Has he contributed to the fact that even clearly racist slogans can now be casually spouted in public? Was he an ideological AfD propagandist before the AfD even existed? There is some evidence to suggest this. When Gauland declares today that "Hitler and the Nazis are just a bird's shit in over 1000 years south korea rcs data of successful German history", then one recognizes the same tone as one finds in Köppel's eulogy to Hermann Göring in his "Weltwoche". This form of historical revisionism is the ideological basis for a nationalist policy that is spreading in many countries today. But what did the man of the "Weltwoche" do he had been cut off from the major German TV stations? He soon found other ways to exploit his prominence in Germany. For several months now, he has been providing lengthy commentaries several times a week on his online service "Weltwoche Daily" with which he can keep his fan base from the far right happy from "neutral" Switzerland. There, too, he scores points primarily with AfD content.
The absolute leader with over 60,000 YouTube views so far was Köppel's declaration of love for Chemnitz, which was shaken by riots, under the title "A city is denounced" . Other hits were an interview with Gauland and comments about fake news.
"Summits are meetings of heads of state and not the public squabbles of two megalomaniac journalists.