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SPD politician Karl Lauterbach
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The SPD health politician Karl Lauterbach has made public failures in reporting additional income to the Bundestag.
"With a delay of 2 months I reported book fee advance of 12/2020 to the Bundestag," wrote Lauterbach on Monday night on Twitter.
»My office noticed that all additional income from 2018/19, € 17,850 for 4 presentations, had not yet been reported.
Huge mistake, for which I stand now: I am donating € 17,850 for India. «Underneath, Lauterbach posted a donation receipt for € 3,000 from the UN Children's Fund.
The post sparked lively discussions on Twitter.
In the early morning Lauterbach added that the money had been taxed.
The receipt distributed by him only refers to 3,000 euros because that is the upper limit for a donation: "Rest on Tuesday."
Members of parliament have to report additional income to the Bundestag. These are then published in rough form on their Bundestag website. Last week, Annalena Baerbock, leader of the Greens, caused a sensation with her party's special payments of more than 25,000 euros from previous years, which she had belatedly reported to the parliamentary administration. Among them was a corona-related special payment from the Greens, which is actually only intended for employees - but Baerbock, as party leader, is currently not receiving a salary from her party because she receives an income as a member of the Bundestag.
Shortly afterwards it became known that ex-Green Party leader Cem Özdemir had to re-register thousands of euros.
As the office of the Bundestag member announced last week, Özdemir reported special payments from 2014 to 2017 totaling 20,580.11 euros to the Bundestag administration in May.
According to the information, the income was Christmas bonuses that the party had paid to Özdemir and all employees of the federal office.
The Green politician reported the income independently and without being asked by the Bundestag administration, "after he and his office noticed that this had inadvertently not happened".
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