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Munich (dpa / lby) - Only officially registered lobby groups in Bavaria can in future still be involved in legislative processes in the state parliament and in the government.
The government factions of the CSU and Free Voters presented a corresponding bill on Tuesday in Munich, which also provides for sanctions with fines of up to 50,000 euros in the event of violations.
On May 5, the draft will be discussed in the first reading in the plenary session of the state parliament.
The lobby register law should come into force this year.
"Especially in these times it is extremely important to regain the citizens' trust in politics," said CSU parliamentary group leader Thomas Kreuzer. The parliamentary manager of the Free Voters, Fabian Mehring, emphasized that Bavaria's lobby register goes beyond the federal regulation passed by the Bundestag in March. This becomes clear through the establishment of the executive and legislative footprint. In this way, every citizen could find out who was involved in drawing up new laws.
In the coalition agreement between the CSU and Free Voters from 2018, there was no reference to the introduction of a lobby register.
Demands for this only became loud in the summer of 2019 after the lobbying allegations against the CDU Bundestag member Philipp Amthor became known.
This had come under massive criticism for campaigning for a US company for which he was given stock options.
However, the Bundestag and the Berlin public prosecutor saw no evidence of legal violations.
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