Union MPs give a declaration of honor in mask affairs

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Berlin (dpa) - After the ultimatum of their group leaders, all 240 Union members in the mask affair signed the requested declaration of honor.

They confirmed that they had not achieved any financial benefits in connection with the fight against corona.

This was announced by parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus (CDU) and CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt on Friday after the ultimatum had expired at 6 p.m. to the members of the Bundestag.

The e-mail has been received by the German Press Agency in Berlin.

The top of the group had asked the parliamentarians to declare by this time that they had not achieved any financial advantages in connection with the fight against the corona pandemic - neither directly nor through companies.

Brinkhaus and Dobrindt now write to parliamentarians that the Union parliamentary group reacted to the allegations "immediately and consistently - with drastic measures that consist of three elements: information, transparency and a code of conduct."

At the same time, MPs are asked to «support the transparency offensive we have started.

This is the way we want to regain trust that has been lost through individual misconduct ».

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By having all MPs signed the required declaration, they “made it clear that they worked with all their might during the corona pandemic to overcome the crisis, to help citizens and support companies without drawing any personal benefit from it », Writes the top of the group.

Brinkhaus and Dobrindt had justified the action with the events of the MPs Georg Nüßlein (previously CSU) and Nikolas Löbel (previously CDU), who have since left the parties.

You see your responsibility to “present and clarify such facts in a completely transparent manner”.

After allegations of corruption and lobbying, three MPs have now left the parliamentary group, two of them resigned.

The allegations are extremely inconvenient for the Union shortly before the state elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate this Sunday.

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