CDU Spendenaffaere

As CDU Spendenaffaere or Black money affair becomes general those uncovered illegal donation practice that CDU into that years under the earlier designates.

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Process of the CDU Spendenaffaere

Had begun the affair to 5. November at a value of 1,3 millions. DM, those on a parking lot in Switzerland into cash one handed over.

few days granted later that its party had led black for many years cashes. Helmut Kohl confirmed this in a television interview, and indicated that he 2.1 million more covered (and thus more illegaly) Party donations assumed. The names of the donors it (until today) called not and appointed themselves thereby to a personal word of honour. In the following days Kohl withdrew on pressure of the CDU point from the office of the honorary chairman.

According to different statements about the whereabouts 100.000-DM-Spende by the CDU party chief and leader of the Union-faction at that time and the Schatzmeisterin Brigitte building master both were pushed to deliver their posts.

As consequence from this affair Bundestag becameCommittee of inquiry furnished, which met from December 1999 to June 2002, that Law over the political parties intensified and more transparency for Party donations prescribed.

Within the investigations that the CDU possessed obviously numerous "shade accounts", among other things also a donation turned out named "Norfolk" in that . These accounts did not dip on the prescribed Reports up and served for masking more illegaly Party donations. The funds deposited into it were used afterwards for the financing of the election campaigns. Since Kohl however only determined it probably-deliberate candidates in such a manner supported, this practice got also the name "system Kohl". Kohl could be however never proven parts of these funds to have privately used.

Since such "shade accounts" an offence against the valid party-PEND-TIGHTNESS-SET represented, closed afterwards the disbursement of altogether 21 millions. Euro as Election campaign reimbursement of costs to the CDU. The CDU tried to resist this decision and pulled by all instances, to to that the legal standard of this decision finally confirmed.

Public prosecutor's office Augsburg

According to opinion of the chairman of the Bundestag committee of inquiry Volker Neumann lie substantial parts of the affair in the dark. Large earnings/services acquired themselves with the clearing-up of the Augsburger public prosecutor Dr. Winfried Maier and the directors/conductors of the Augsburger public prosecutor's office, senior public prosecutor Joerg Hillinger, those against the resistance the Bavarian senior public prosecutor shank under prosecutor general Hermann Froschauer the determinations decide advanced. The warrant of arrest approximately Holger of stake by Froschauer one waived. This release used stake to the five-year escape. During the determinations senior public prosecutor Hillinger under until today (2005) died unsettled circumstances with a car accident with his new service car.

Further donation affairs

In the months after the CDU Spendenaffaere further donation affairs are uncovered, u. A. with the hessian CDU and the Cologners SPD. Also the North-Rhine/Westphalian FDP has after that a donation affair, those essentially on their chairmen drops back.

After the donation affair of the federation CDU also an affair of the hessian CDU became admits. There had among other things the former and the earlier CDU Landesschatzmeister Casimir prince to Sayn Wittgenstein several illegal party donations as an alleged inheritance of the deceased Jew books. The opposition in the hessian federal state parliament criticized in particular that these funds also for the financing of the election campaign under was used and tried to reach a cancellation of the choice, what however failed. To 18. April 2005 became Kant ago erstinstanzlich by the regional court Wiesbaden a probation sentence of 18 months and a fine at a value of 25.000 euro condemns. It has itself that in accordance with § 266 of the Penal code guiltily made. The procedure against Casimir prince Wittgenstein was to 15. March separated from health reasons.

see also

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  • Final report of the Bundestag committee of inquiry "party donations" (pdf)
  • Evaluation of the results of the Bundestag committee of inquiry "party donations" by the responsible correspondents of SPD and alliance 90/Die the Green (pdf)
  • Permanent excitation. A balance of the committee of inquiry to the party PEND affair, 24/2002
  • "corruption? Bonuses!“ - bribes do not change by any means the convicition of politicians - they recompence them. By George Fuelberth - something other view on the donation affair
  • A drama in many documents. As CSU Staatsanwaelte obstructed the procedure against writers, Kiep & CO, articles from the magazine
     

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