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With the lobbying, Philipp Amthor’s career began to falter. Now the CDU in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania makes him the leading candidate. He is not the only politician in the Union who is threatened by problems.
- With more lucrative Lobbying For Augustus Intelligence thrown away Philipp amthor a lot of criticism.
- Amthor’s groupmates Georg Nüßlein Y Nicolas Löbel draw conclusions from the matter of the mask.
- In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Amthor, however, becomes the leading candidate of the with a large majority CDU for the 2021 federal elections.
Guestrow / Frankfurt – Philipp amthor becomes the best candidate of the CDU in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. His home association came out with a large majority in favor of sending the youngest directly elected members of the current Bundestag to the highest German parliament for the next legislative term. The clarity of the vote, more than 90 percent of the delegates voted in favor of Amthor, shows that the Northeast CDU does not differ from the Lobbying issue of its bearer of hope.
Augustus Intelligence: Philipp Amthor got involved in a lobbying affair in 2020
It wasn’t a year ago when Philipp amthor In June 2020, he admitted to making a “mistake” by being rewarded with several expensive trips and stock options worth around a quarter of a million euros for the US IT company. Augustus Intelligence among others, the Minister of Economy Peter Altmaier Lobbying having operated. And not only that: Before the publication of the dimensions of the Amthor Affair the young member of the Bundestag declared that he had not received “any salary” for his work in the service of the American company.
He came completely unharmed Philipp amthor then not out of the question either: with increasing political pressure he resigned Amthor initially in your seat in Investigation committee from the Bundestag to Autumn Anis Amri, also because Hans-Georg Maaßen, former president of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, was going to be interviewed and also had connections with Augustus Intelligence have been tested. Then took out Amthor Also his candidacy for the state presidency of the CDU in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, having previously tried for a long time, despite the Lobbying issue to hold on to your candidacy.
Letter from Philipp Amthor to Finance Minister Altmaier: Augustus Intelligence prevents publication
the Amthor Affair it had such an effect that the “grand” coalition of CDU and SPD agreed to introduce a lobby register in the summer, after the Union resisted demands from the SPD, the Greens, the FDP and the Left Party for a long time. time to introduce such a transparency tool. Interestingly, the coalition partners agreed on a common line around nine months later, just three days earlier. Philipp amthor in Güstrow he brought his triumphant electoral victory at the CDU Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania party list conference. But even the temporal proximity of these events did not prevent the CDU Northeast assembly of delegates from sending a clear signal in favor of Amthor.
And also Augustus Intelligence it is hardly affected by the events of the summer of 2020. Just a week before the nomination Amthors For the CDU’s top candidate in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, it became known that the company is legally defending itself against the Lobbying-critical online portals fragdenstaat.de and par Parliamentwatch.de Vision in a largely unadorned version of the script, which Philipp amthor had sent Peter Altmaier on the Bundestag letterhead, grant. The Federal Ministry of the Economy had previously indicated its willingness to hand over the document in response to a request for freedom of information from fragdenstaat.de.
Lobbyist Critic: Augustus Intelligence Doesn’t Want Amthor Letter Released Before Federal Elections
the Lobby Critic: Inside suspect that the lawsuit against the publication of the letter will not succeed, Augustus Intelligence “His goal” to delay publication at least until after the federal election, but “succeeding.” Depending on the explosive nature of Amthor’s letter to Altmaier, this approach could benefit the newly elected CDU Northeast lead candidate. Philipp amthor for whom any disclosure in the run-up to the September 2021 elections could be politically uncomfortable.
According to parliament watch.de, the Federal Ministry of Economy was ready in October 2020 to receive the letter from Philipp amthor the portal and fragdenstaat.de (both had requested the inspection independently), but “third parties” had objected. It was about Augustus Intelligence. The company relied on the “protection of commercial and commercial secrets”.
Philipp Amthor wanted to mediate between Augustus Intelligence and Economy Minister Altmaier
The content of the letter Philipp amthor Peter Altmaier is not fully known to this day. The “Spiegel”, which made the matter public in May 2020, only has a draft of the letter, which, according to agbeendetenwatch.de, is attached Augustus Intelligence circulated. In your own IT startup, you should Philipp amthor I have come across with enthusiasm your writing. According to the “Spiegel”, one of the company’s co-founders is said to have praised Amthor in an internal chat: “Such a great guy, we really have to thank him.”
References in draft letter Philipp amthor in front of Altmaier to a joint conversation on the sidelines of a meeting of the CDU parliamentary group in the Bundestag and announced that the Minister of Economy will have an “exciting and politically promising investment project” for Augustus Intelligence wanting to present. According to the “Spiegel” of this letter, Amthor offers his own Bundestag office to be available “at any time” to make an appointment for a conversation between Altmaier and the then head of the company Wolfgang Haupt. Haupt has been in suspension since June 19, 2020, officially until “Procedure for Amthor” it was cleared up by an investigation.
Lobbying: Georg Nüßlein (CSU) and Nikolas Löbel (CDU) entangled in a mask affair
With his well endowed and blown Lobbying is Philipp amthor not only in the parliamentary group CDU and CSU. The deputy head of the joint group, Georg Nüßlein (CSU) and parliamentarians of the CDU Nicolas Löbel are currently in a Lobbying issue entangled in buying crown masks. Both politicians announced that they no longer want to run for the next Bundestag, Walnuts resigned from his post as deputy director of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group after initially wanting to “rest.” The former head of the CDU and Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) demanded on Twitter that both politicians resign from all their positions and leave the Bundestag immediately: “There is absolutely nothing to ignore. And letting the offices ‘rest’ is not enough. “
While Georg Nüßlein is accused of having enriched a company that he runs through a “consultancy fee” in 660,000 euros with the state purchase of corona protective masks, one of the Nicolas Löbel company managed as an intermediary for a mask agreement between a supplier in Baden-Württemberg and two private companies in Mannheim and Heidelberg have pocketed around 250,000 euros.
Despite lobbying: Georg Nüßlein (CSU) and Nikolas Löbel (CDU) retain their mandate in the Bundestag
Meanwhile, the adherence of politicians to the Bundestag mandate is harshly criticized. The leader of the left-wing parliamentary group, Dietmar Bartsch, criticized Löbel’s “pension claims” on Twitter, calling him a “profit optimizer.” Mona Neubaur, head of the Greens in North Rhine-Westphalia, tweeted: “Not running for term again is not a resignation, Lobel! When does Armin Laschet break his thunderous silence on the repulsive and dangerous processes at the CDU that are apparently widespread there? Action, clarification and relentless disclosure are required. “Simon Lavo-Braumann, employee of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag asks:” Amthor resigns the candidacy for the state presidency – retains a mandate in the Bundestag. Georg Nüßlein resigns the candidacy for the next elections – retains the parliamentary mandate. Löbel: resigns from commission – retains parliamentary mandate. Are they supposed to be “consequences”? “
Meanwhile they both have Nicolas Löbel as well as Georg Nüßlein announced that he would leave the parliamentary group of the CDU and the CSU in the Bundestag and that he wanted to remain as non-registered deputies in the Bundestag until August; this does not change anything in terms of their parliamentary salaries and their pension rights. Media researcher and author of “BILDblog” Lorenz Lorenz-Meyer summarizes this fact on Twitter: “CDU MP Löbel is retiring from politics, or as one might say: erase the entire legislative period and pay with a quarter of a million compensation. payment for the mask deal, so to speak. “
Bundestag Member Axel Fischer (CDU): “Initial suspicion of corruptibility”
But not only Philipp amthor, Georg Nüßlein Y Nicolas Löbel represent yours Lobbying in criticism. Also against the member of the Bundestag Axel fischer is determined. Reason: “Initial suspicion of corruptibility”. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the CDU politician is accused of having received between 2008 and 2016 “among other things, Azerbaijani money through British mail companies with Baltic accounts.”
For him CDU Y CSU growing cases could be revealed Lobbying issues become a burden in the super election year 2021. It remains to be seen what consequences the electorate will draw from this. More recently, according to polls, the CDU had lost several percentage points. (Mirko Schmid, Sebastian Richter)
