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The hopes of the SPD rest on Olaf Scholz. But of all things, a banker’s diary gives rise to bad suspicions. The opposition now wants to get serious.
- Olaf Scholz is vice chancellor and meanwhile also a candidate for chancellor of the SPD.
- In connection with the cum-ex scandal, of all things, the finance minister is now under pressure.
- The occasion is explosive data from a banker’s diary: the opposition accuses Scholz of lying.
Berlin – Olaf Scholz it should lead the SPD * successfully to the Bundestag election campaign in 2021. At least that is the plan of the party leadership. But the vice chancellor, who received good marks in the Crown crisis and who sees the German economy almost over the top, could now face a problem from his time as mayor of Hamburg. The tricky keyword: Without.
Olaf Scholz on the cum-ex scandal: Did he “lie to the Bundestag”?
All about the tax scandal and the Hamburger Warburg-Bank there are new accusations. Now he wants Finance Committee of the Bundestag Summon Scholz – Next Wednesday. “We urgently need to speak,” the committee chairman said. Katja hessel (PDF), there are Wirtschaftswoche.
Also applies for Wednesday Left Parliamentary Group also a Current time in the Bundestag on the issue of cum-ex at Warburg-Bank and the “role of politics”. “Olaf Scholz told the falsehood in the Bundestag,” said the spokesman for financial policy of the parliamentary group. Fabio De Masi, on Friday in Berlin. Your colleague Green * Lisa paus explained in a tweet“Scholz lied to the Bundestag”.
Olaf Scholz: Controversial data from the banker’s diary. Was the Vice Chancellor’s meeting kept quiet?
The reason for this is recent reports that Scholz is said to have had more intense contacts with the bank than previously indicated. the Southgerman’s newspaper, he hour and the Ed had reported Thursday that Scholz had in his time as First Mayor of Hamburg more often than previously admitted in surveys with the private bank co-owner, Christian olearius, met. That comes from the banker’s diaries.
This fusion of economic and political power feeds mistrust in democracy! Research shows donations and meetings between #CumEx– Scammers and SPD politicians. So that the damage to democracy is not even greater, it must #Scholz Clarify now! pic.twitter.com/RU03nPtvaX
– Sven Giegold (@sven_giegold) September 4, 2020
Consequently, there were three meetings and one phone call between Scholz and Olearius in 2016 and 2017. So far, only one meeting between Olearius and Scholz was known in 2017. According to reports, three days after the phone call, the banker received a notice from the Hamburg tax authorities that they would not claim an amount of 47 million euros. Scholz should Encounter with Olearius it is not mentioned, not even when the matter was discussed in the Finance Committee of the Bundestag in March and July.
At the time, there were investigations against Warburg Bank and Olearius on suspicion of serious tax evasion. The bank was threatened with high tax arrears due to its participation in so-called cum-ex agreements.
SPD candidate Olaf Scholz: The opposition has serious suspicions: “it would be a very plausible explanation”
A Spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance He noted on Friday that Scholz, who recently could expect good polls, had made two detailed statements in the finance committee that he had spoken to representatives of banks, including Warburg Bank.
The opposition, however, insists on further clarification: the financial policy spokesperson for the Green parliamentary group, Lisa paus, demanded that Scholz have to “finally put the cards on the table.” “We demand that Scholz come to the finance committee for the third time next week and this time he finally tells the whole truth.”
“Olaf Scholz had two meetings with Olearius in 2016 for the Finance Committee of the Bundestag twice
hidden, “said the spokesman for financial policy of the parliamentary group FDP, Florian Toncar, of the dpa. “In two surveys, he presented himself as buttoned up and answered many questions only in a minimalist way or with generalities. A significantly stronger personal role for Scholz in the Warburg prosecution case than previously known would be a very plausible explanation for this behavior. “
Left*-Finance expert Fabio de Masi He indicated on Twitter that the opposition’s ability to ask questions had been deliberately kept low. Now he does not want to let the Minister of Finance get along with Paus and Toncar: “It is pathetic and we are going to be united as the opposition and not let ourselves go without prejudice to our political differences!” He emphasized. Left, FDP and Greens are working together on another issue.
It is pathetic and we will be united as an opposition and we will not let this go regardless of our political differences! @florian_toncar @lisapaus
– Fabio De Masi (MdB) (@FabioDeMasi) September 4, 2020
Cum-Ex cost the state billions: Scholz is now in focus
How Cum-ex business will that Mobile Actions around one Dividend Deadline around, so that the tax authorities pay once a capital gains tax multiple times. This means that the public sector is in the past Billions in tax money I escaped. The federal government ended the practice in 2012. Some of the cases thereafter are currently in court.
In Germany’s first criminal case on cum-ex agreements, the Bonn Regional Court imposed suspended sentences on two defendants in March and concluded that the controversial practice should be considered a crime. This was the first time this was determined by a court. (dpa / AFP / fn) *Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
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