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Pandemic-Related Corruption Unmasked in European Countries © REUTERS / PASCAL ROSSIGNOL Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202103101082303594-pandemic-related-corruption-unmasked-in-european-countries/ BRUSSELS (Sputnik) While the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare multiple factors that undermine a European response to public health emergencies, the least unexpected is the desire to make quick money as the world suffers, exemplified by the recent scandals in Germany where two lawmakers are accused of shady practices involving mask supplies. Both cases involve politicians from the country s ruling parties, Chancellor Angela Merkel s Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and its long-time ally, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), who are said to have received kickbacks for helping companies get government contracts to provide masks to citizens.

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