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Monday, November 30, 2020
At the beginning of the corona pandemic, the need is great: there are not enough protective clothing and masks. When textile companies change their production, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia takes action. Cooperation with a company is particularly offensive to the opposition. It was arranged by the prime minister’s son.
A surprising contact between fashion maker van Laack and the Düsseldorf State Chancellery calls the opposition in North Rhine-Westphalia to the scene: according to van Laack’s owner Christian von Daniels, the son of the prime minister, the blogger Trendy Johannes “Joe” Laschet, had the door open for a great deal on dresses and masks. The SPD parliamentary group perceives “Influencer Marketing in the State Chancellery” and wants to know exactly what was happening through a small investigation in the state parliament.
Van Laack’s owner, Christian von Daniels, has been working with fashion blogger Joe Laschet for years. The “Rheinische Post” said of Daniels in an interview: “I told Joe that he can give his father my number if the country needs help with the purchase of masks.” Prime Minister Armin Laschet actually called on a Sunday night and said that Van Laack’s boss was running through the open doors. “Two days later, his employees were sitting with us in the conference room and they took a look at our masks and gowns,” von Daniels told the “Rheinische Post.”
According to previous information from the Ministry of Health, the Mönchengladbach fashion manufacturer has delivered several million surgical gowns and masks to the country. The State Office responsible for the Central Police Service (LZPD) recently ordered 1.25 million masks daily for the police from van Laack.
A state government spokesman said on request: “At the height of the infection process in the first wave of March, there were almost no protective clothing or masks on the world market. They were urgently needed to equip medical personnel. “During this time, the state government sought contact with companies across Germany to remedy this as quickly as possible.” There were many references to these types of companies, and each was followed: “In part personally by the Prime Minister and other members of the state government.” The aim was “to turn the North Rhine-Westphalia companies into the manufacture of high-quality protective materials. This is also the case for the textile company ‘van Laack'”. The company was able to produce masks and gowns, as well as shirts, on short notice.
Fashion advisor for father
The SPD parliamentary group now asks in the title of their little question: “What influence did Joe Laschet’s business relations with the fashion manufacturer van Laack have on the award of contracts by the state government?” The opposition wants the state government to list all “van Laack” contracts. In addition, the SPD wants to know what other bidders were in the race and if there were “commissions for brokerage activities.”
As announced by the State Chancellery, all bids were “verified for suitability by the central testing facility of the Ministry of Health. The selection was made through this central testing facility.” According to the rules of procedure of the state parliament, the state government has four weeks to respond to detailed questions posed by the SPD.
Johannes Laschet was previously known as his father’s fashion consultant. On a WDR broadcast last week, Armin Laschet said his son also gave him advice on how to cut suits, pants and shirts.
