An estimated 47 Million people in Europe cannot afford a warm home in winter, according to a calculation from CORRECTIV.Europe. Reports from local journalists in our network show the dimension of the problem in several countries.

47 million people in Europe cannot afford to heat their homes in winter, according to an analysis by CORRECTIV.Europe. Millions are also affected in Germany. Experts warn this may lead to social conflict.

Carbon pricing for transport and heating fuels is to be introduced across the EU from 2027. But several countries are now questioning the rapid phase-out of fossil fuels – which could mean even higher costs in the long term. “We are sleepwalking towards a political disaster,” social democratic MEP Thomas Pellerin-Carlin warns.

A CORRECTIV investigation has uncovered that a Russian disinformation campaign established around 100 fake websites ahead of Germany’s general election. Their purpose: to influence the election campaign due to take place in February. In several cases, these sites have already been used to discredit German politicians.

Hotter summers pose a serious health risk. They also threaten the stability of energy supplies throughout Europe. CORRECTIV.Europe shows on a detailed map which regions are affected the most.

For two years, Russia has been spreading its propaganda using cloned websites of Western media outlets. The campaign known as "Doppelganger" hasn’t been stopped yet – despite being sanctioned by the EU and US. A CORRECTIV investigation found that European companies are part of the internet infrastructure that keeps the campaign running.

Just weeks before the EU elections, a contentious issue is forcing its way onto the agenda behind the scenes at the European Parliament. Sexual assault and bullying within Parliament itself. Several dozen women and men have reported cases of unwanted touching, emotional abuse and physical violence to CORRECTIV and the German newspaper Stern—mostly by MEPs.

The EU has committed itself to become carbon-neutral by 2050. Farming plays a key role in that goal. However, the sector’s lobbying efforts have allowed large players to avoid stricter environmental controls.

German gas providers‘ claims about their “climate-neutral” natural gas are little more than greenwashing, CORRECTIV has revealed. The gas is linked to the deforestation of supposedly protected forests and the expansion of gas-fired power stations. We expose an industry deceiving hundreds of thousands of customers and fuelling the climate crisis.

It was the meeting that nobody was ever meant to find out about. Back in November, high-ranking politicians from Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, neo-Nazis, and sympathetic businesspeople gathered in a hotel near Potsdam. Their agenda? Nothing less than the fine tuning of a plan for the forced deportations of millions of people currently living in Germany.

The German government launches an investigation, a court takes the ex-pope to court and a sanction is imposed: CORRECTIV's research once again had direct impacts in 2023. We show what has changed for the better.

Since the beginning of Russia's war in Ukraine more than 7000 rifles and more than 8 million shots of ammunition made by Western manufacturers made their way to Russia. Some of them are being used in the front lines. German manufacturers are affected, too – caused by sanction loopholes.