# Leaked emails expose AfD's hidden rifts

> A massive data breach reveals how Bundestagsabgeordnete Markus Frohnmaier gathered intelligence for Syria's Assad regime, while party leader Alice Weidel fought and lost against sexist campaign posters.
- Title: Leaked emails expose AfD's hidden rifts · POLITICO | Shortify
- Summary: A massive data breach reveals how Bundestagsabgeordnete Markus Frohnmaier gathered intelligence for Syria's Assad regime, while party leader Alice Weidel…
- Keywords: afd, alice weidel, markus frohnmaier, data breach, syria, germany, sexism, POLITICO
- Source: POLITICO — https://politico.eu/podcast/inside-afd/als-weidel-noch-gegen-sexismus-kampfte
- Published: 2026-11-04T13:04:31+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: afd, alice weidel, markus frohnmaier, data breach, syria, germany, sexism, politics, world
## Massive leak exposes AfD secrets
More than four hundred thousand internal emails reveal how Bundestagsabgeordnete Markus Frohnmaier collected sensitive information for Syria's Assad regime.
## Weidel fought sexist posters, lost
Party leader Alice Weidel fought internally against sexist campaign posters but failed to stop them, the leaked emails show.
## More scandals surface in emails
The leaks reveal the AfD tried to expel a member for racist remarks who now sits as a constitutional judge in Bavaria, and internal power struggles in North Rhine-Westphalia over party leader Martin Vincentz.
## Key takeaway

Over four hundred thousand leaked AfD emails expose Markus Frohnmaier collecting intelligence for Assad's Syria and Alice Weidel's failed internal fight against sexist campaign posters.