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The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is a young German right-wing party, whose success at the last federal election 2017 was considered unexpected. One of the reasons for this result lies certainly in the language they resort to. Among the many linguistic studies about this party, no one seems to have focused on political talk shows, that is, "hybrid" situations, in which institutional and everyday elements merge and political actors "stage" their ideas and personal profiles for their positive self-presentation. There-fore, this article aims at analysing the language used by the two leading candidates of the party for the federal elections 2017, Gauland and Weidel, in political talk shows which took place between that and the previous year. Drawing mainly on the politlonguistic frame of analysis, combined with other tools derived from the Sprachkritik and the conversation analysis, this investigation sheds light on the main lexical-semantic, rhetorical-argumentative, pronominal and other strategies put into practice by the party in political televised debates.

BACKGROUND: Promoting healthy lifestyles at work should complement workplace safety programs. This study systematically investigates current states of occupational health and safety (OHS) policy as well as practice in the European Union (EU). METHODS: OHS policies of EU member states were categorized as either prevention or health promotion provisions using a manifest content analysis. Policy rankings were then created for each prevention and promotion. Rankings compared eight indicators from the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks-2 data on prevention and promotion practices for each member state using Chi-square and probit regression analyses. RESULTS: Overall, 73.1% of EU establishments take preventive measures against direct physical harm, and about 35.4% take measures to prevent psychosocial risks. Merely 29.5% have measures to promote health. Weak and inconsistent links between OHS policy and practice indicators were identified. CONCLUSION: National OHS policies evidently concentrate on prevention while compliance with health and safety practices is relatively low. Psychosocial risks are often addressed in national policy but not implemented by institutions. Current risk assessment methods are outdated and often lack psychosocial indicators. Health promotion at work is rare in policy and practice, and its interpretation remains preventive. Member states need to adopt policies that actively improve health and well-being at the workplace.