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Spahn Confirms Attendance at Peter Thiel’s Secret Dialog Gatherings

Leaked participant lists published this week raise questions about transparency, the financing of trips and ties between German officials and a right‑leaning tech network.

Kürzlich hat das US-Magazin „Wired“ die Teilnehmerliste veröffentlicht, auf der auch Jens Spahn draufstand
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Eine Aufnahme von Jens Spahn, dem Fraktionschef der Unionsfraktion

Overview

  • Friday’s reporting, led by Wired and verified from a website source‑code leak by hacker Maia Arson Crimew, released internal participant and retreat registration lists for Peter Thiel’s private Dialog Society.
  • Jens Spahn has acknowledged attending Dialog meetings in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024, said he declined the planned August 2026 Dublin retreat and his office says he paid a low three‑figure participation contribution.
  • The leaked retreat program lists provocative session titles such as “Bring Back Nuclear,” “Navigating WWIII” and “Build‑a‑Cult,” and earlier reporting showed registration fees for recent events around €15,000–$16,000 per attendee.
  • Opposition politicians and civil‑society groups have demanded clarity on who paid Spahn’s costs during his time as a government minister and warned the private forum blurs lines between official roles and closed elite networks.
  • The disclosures feed broader concerns about Peter Thiel’s influence, his ties to MAGA figures and Palantir, whose software is used by some German police forces, and organisers have not yet issued a substantive public response.