Conservative View
Springer's political views and that of his publications are often characterized as conservative by German standards: Part of the articles of association of Axel Springer AG are the five socio-political preambles that were written by Axel Springer in 1967, amended in 1990 following German reunification and supplemented in 2001, one day after 9/11. They represent a world view that they themselves label as liberal.
- To uphold liberty and law in Germany, a country belonging to the Western family of nations, and to further the unification of Europe.
- To promote reconciliation of Jews and Germans and support the vital rights of the State of Israel.
- To support the Transatlantic Alliance, and solidarity with the United States of America in the common values of free nations.
- To reject all forms of political extremism.
- To uphold the principles of a free social market economy.
The corporate constitution defines fundamental sociopolitical convictions but does not offer opinions.
Springer's Bild newspaper was attacked most famously in 1974's The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll.
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