Die Grünen als Feindbilder während der Gaspreiskrise 2022

The report analyzes how disinformation actors, including right-wing influencers and AfD politicians, targeted the Green Party during the 2022 gas crisis. Using a dataset of over 1.2 million Twitter posts, the study finds that the Greens were mentioned more than twice as often as any other party, frequently as targets of narratives that blamed them for energy shortages while ignoring Russia's role in the crisis. Key narrative clusters identified include claims that the stop of Nord Stream 2 was an ideological act, that the gas levy was a 'war declaration' against the people, and that Minister Robert Habeck was implementing a 'planned economy' to force a climate agenda.

• Quantitative analysis of Twitter data from February 24 to October 15, 2022, shows that the Green Party was mentioned significantly more than other political parties, with 81,799 posts, more than double the mentions of the SPD (30,410), FDP (28,242), and CDU (25,086).
• Minister Robert Habeck was the most mentioned individual politician in the dataset with 74,229 posts, far exceeding mentions of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (26,298) and other cabinet members.
• A prominent narrative cluster claims the cessation of Nord Stream 2 was an ideological decision by the Green Party intended to risk an energy emergency, while ignoring that the pipeline was never certified by the Federal Network Agency.
• Disinformation actors used the gas levy (Gasumlage) to frame the Green Party as hostile to the German population, describing the levy as a "war tax" and using a 2018 quote from Robert Habeck taken out of context to suggest he does not care about the people.
• Another narrative cluster alleges that Minister Habeck used the Ukraine war as a pretext to implement a "planned economy" and a "climate agenda," with some posts comparing Green politics to the regime of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
• The study identifies a network of alternative media and influencers driving these narratives, with high volumes of links to sites such as 'Freie Welt', 'Recentr', and 'Newsposter.net', as well as the Russian state broadcaster RT.

APA

Bundtzen, S., & Matlach, P. (n.d.). Die Grünen als Feindbilder während der Gaspreiskrise 2022. Institute for Strategic Dialogue. https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-08-15-NOTORIOUS_Dokumentation2.pdf

Chicago

Bundtzen, Sara, and Paula Matlach. Die Grünen als Feindbilder während der Gaspreiskrise 2022. Institute for Strategic Dialogue, n.d. https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-08-15-NOTORIOUS_Dokumentation2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{bundtzennddie, author = {Bundtzen, Sara and Matlach, Paula}, title = {{Die Grünen als Feindbilder während der Gaspreiskrise 2022}}, institution = {Institute for Strategic Dialogue}, url = {https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-08-15-NOTORIOUS_Dokumentation2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }