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Dubious election campaign donation from Bundesliga investor to CDU: SPD demands clarification from Laschet

2021-09-24T04:55:02.478Z


A well-known financial investor donated a large amount to the CDU. The SPD is outraged - and demands clarification from CDU board member Armin Laschet.


A well-known financial investor donated a large amount to the CDU.

The SPD is outraged - and demands clarification from CDU board member Armin Laschet.

Berlin - The SPD demands clarification from CDU chancellor candidate and chairman Armin Laschet about a party donation from Lars Windhorst to the CDU.

Windhorst is a financial investor, including several hundred million in the Hertha HSC football club.

This is reported by

Stern

magazine

.

SPD parliamentary group leader Carsten Schneider told the magazine: "As long as it is not clear which channels of Mr. Windhorst the money comes from, the CDU must return the donation immediately." Schneider referred to the financial supervisory authority Bafin, which Windhorst a few weeks ago with the Berlin public prosecutor have displayed.

Nevertheless, after a donation dinner with Laschet, the CDU accepted a very large campaign donation from him, ”continued Schneider.

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Entrepreneur Lars Windhorst donated a large sum to the CDU.

© Christophe Gateau / dpa

Large donation from Lars Windhorst to CDU: SPD criticizes a lack of transparency

The SPD MP also criticized the lack of transparency: "Why is the origin of the donation being disguised by windy letterbox companies in the British Virgin Islands and Luxembourg?" According to the report, financial investor Windhorst was accused of suspecting illegal banking transactions by one of his companies rejected. At the end of last week, a company that controls Windhorst transferred 250,000 euros each to the CDU and FDP. The investor also took part in a dinner organized by the CDU with business representatives. Laschet also took part.

As

reported by

the

star

, another large donation to the Christian Democrats became known.

A so-called ad hoc announcement on the Bundestag website shows that the entrepreneur Stephan Schambach transferred 300,000 euros to the CDU.

Schambach is one of the e-commerce pioneers in Germany.

This year Schambach had already donated 200,000 euros to the FDP.

(dpa / fmü)

Source: merkur

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