North Rhine-Westphalia orders millions of masks from a fashion manufacturer from Mönchengladbach.
Prime Minister Armin Laschet is said to have come to the company through his son - now the SPD is investigating.
Armin Laschet's *
son Joe is a
fashion blogger
and has good contacts in the textile industry.
Through him, the
Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
also came to the
van Laack company
- and now purchases millions of Corona-relevant products from them.
The
SPD parliamentary group is
now raising serious allegations and would like to have the cooperation investigated.
Düsseldorf - The
fashion manufacturer van Laack
has won a major order from the
Düsseldorf State Chancellery
.
Among other things,
North Rhine-Westphalia is
buying
at
van Laack
millions of masks and surgical gowns.
The
SPD is
now
questioning this cooperation
more closely.
As the
opposition
, she wants to know which other
providers were
in the running.
In addition, she is concerned with the question of whether there have been “
commissions for brokering activities
”.
About the background: According to
van Laack owner Christian von Daniels
, the
son of the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
,
Johannes Laschet
, opened the door for the mega-deal with smocks and masks.
Armin Laschet's (CDU)
son "Joe" is a
fashion blogger
and therefore has good contacts in the fashion and textile industry.
He has been working with
von Daniels for
years
.
He told the
Rheinische Post
in an interview: "I told Joe that he can give his father my number if the country
needs
help with the procurement of
masks
."
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No sooner said than done - because shortly after,
Daniel's
phone
rang on a Sunday evening
.
The
Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet
, was on the line and said that the
van Laack boss was
running open doors with his offer of help.
"Two days later, his employees were sitting with us in the conference room and had a look at our
masks
and
smocks,
"
von Daniels
continued
to explain
to
the
Rheinische Post
.
The incident now calls the
SPD
on the scene, but it smells "
influencer marketing in the State Chancellery
".
One
would like to clarify what exactly was going on by
means of a “small inquiry in the
state parliament
”.
The
DPA is
now reporting on this
.
Accusation of the SPD: "Influencer Marketing in the State Chancellery"
According to earlier information from the
Ministry
of
Health
, the
fashion manufacturer from Mönchengladbach has
already delivered several million surgical gowns and masks.
The responsible
State Office for Central Police Services (LZPD) ordered a
further
1.25 million everyday masks
for the police from the
van Laack company
.
This is
obviously reason enough
for the
SPD parliamentary group
to raise the question of what influence
Joe Laschet's
business relationships with
the fashion manufacturer
van Laack had
on the
award of contracts by
the state government.
The opposition therefore now wants the state government to list all of the
“van Laack” contracts
.
As the
DPA
reports,
Joe Laschet
has not yet
responded
to your request to comment on the allegations against his person.
Apart from Instagram, where
Joe Laschet has
around
90,000 subscribers
, he was previously only known as the fashion advisor to his
father Armin Laschet
.
Just last week, he said on a
WDR broadcast
that his son sometimes gave him tips on cutting suits, pants and shirts.
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