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Merkel defends herself in the Wirecard scandal investigation commission

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(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 23 - Angela Merkel defends her commitment to the hitech company before the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission on the Wirecard scandal during a trip to China in September 2019. "There was no reason at the time, despite all the news of press, to assume that there were serious irregularities in Wirecard, "the Chancellor said.

The company, which went bankrupt following the discovery of an inflated balance sheet of 1.9 billion in June 2020, had already been the subject of Financial Times criticism since the beginning of 2019. "Wirecard received no special treatment during the trip." Merkel during the hearing in the Commission alBundestag.

According to the Munich public prosecutor, the budgets had been falsified since 2015. (ANSA).

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