Bundestag digs to managing financial scandals

Month before parliamentary elections in Germany, the Bundestag budget committee held a few hours of debate in recent scandals in the ruling grand coalition, including the use of official cars by Health Minister Ulla Schmidt for her holiday in Spain and for dinner a year ago by Chancellor Angela Merkel for the head of Deutsche Bank Josef Ackermann.

According to the opposition party in the Chancellery was the birthday of Ackerman. It is illegal mixing of politics and business, „said leftist lawmaker Gezine Lyotch.
„The dinner, which Ackermann himself admits that he is entitled to invite friends in the Chancellery, shows unacceptable lack of proximity and distance,“ said Gezine Lyotch.
The cabinet of Chancellor Merkel said that it was not for party, for a workshop. Merkel herself told TV Sat ayns „that take into account the sensitivity of the people on these issues.
„I know that many people when they see something, ask if there is a close connection between politics and business. One must be sensitive, so I understand why you ask these questions, but I believe fully complied with distance.“ Merkel said.
Ultimately, the Bundestag budget committee failed to gain enough votes to continue the investigation on the scandal.

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