Germany and Spain are facing major electoral scandals that have rocked public confidence in democratic institutions, as allegations of fraud, vote-buying, and systemic irregularities raise serious questions about the integrity of recent elections.
In Germany, a formal 80-page complaint submitted by Marcel Luthe, a former member of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) and president of the Good Governance Union, has sparked a political storm by revealing systematic irregularities in the federal elections held in February 2025. The complaint, backed by more than 200 supporting documents, was submitted to the Bundestag’s Electoral Review Committee and asserts that the electoral system was “sabotaged according to a plan,” according to Berliner Zeitung.
Among the most shocking revelations is the claim that at least 2.5 million deceased individuals remained on the voter rolls. According to Luthe, this allowed votes to be cast in the names of the dead—a problem that had reportedly occurred in previous elections. Moreover, many polling stations did not require voters to present an official photo ID. In cities like Stuttgart, for instance, election officials were instructed to accept only the voting notification as sufficient identification—a document that is easily forged. This practice directly contravenes German electoral law, which in most cases mandates proper identity verification.
The problems did not stop there. Numerous citizens reported being denied the right to vote because someone had apparently already cast a vote in their name. In Bad Kreuznach, near Frankfurt, more ballots were found than there were registered voters, raising further red flags. Luthe also claims that thousands of German citizens living abroad did not receive their voting documents on time, despite having registered properly.
According to him, these voters tend to reject the traditional parties, so their exclusion may have benefited the governing coalition of Social Democrats and Greens. He described the entire electoral process as a “farce” and demanded that all polling station records be made public to allow for a full audit.
He also insists this is not a case of isolated mistakes, but rather a deliberate strategy to favor establishment forces and silence emerging parties such as Sahra Wagenknecht’s BSW—which missed the 5% parliamentary threshold by just 10,000 votes—and Alternative for Germany (AfD), a party that poses a significant challenge to the political status quo.
Meanwhile, in Spain, the Guardia Civil has uncovered several vote-buying schemes linked to the governing Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) dating back to previous local elections. In Mojácar, a town in the southern region of Andalusia, two PSOE candidates were arrested for allegedly offering money and public sector jobs to Latin American immigrants in exchange for their votes. The amounts ranged from 100 to 200 euros per ballot. In some cases, they also offered employment at the local town hall in return for support. These arrests originally took place just days before the 2023 municipal elections.
An even more scandalous case occurred in Albudeite, in the region of Murcia, where the socialist mayoral candidate was arrested along with twelve others for orchestrating a similar operation. The investigation revealed the use of coercion and identity fraud to manipulate mail-in votes, directly compromising the legitimacy of the election results. These practices, far from being anecdotal, seriously undermine confidence in the system and reinforce the growing perception that some parties are willing to break the law to stay in power.
These scandals in both Germany and Spain reignite a crucial debate about the need to protect the integrity of the electoral process against those who seem increasingly willing to bend the rules in order to maintain power.
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