Corporate principles for a liberal world view

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Corporate principles for a liberal world view

The five socio-political corporate principles formulated by Axel Springer in 1967, amended following German reunification in 1990 and supplemented in 2001, form part of the company’s articles of association. They paint a liberal picture of the world:
  1. To uphold liberty and law in Germany, a country belonging to the Western family of nations, and to further the unification of the peoples of Europe.
  2. To promote the reconciliation of Jews and Germans and support the vital rights of the people of Israel.
  3. To support the Transatlantic Alliance and maintain solidarity with the United States of America in the common values of free nations.
  4. To reject all forms of political totalitarism.
  5. To uphold the principles of a free social market economy.
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