BERLIN A German conservative has become the third lawmaker within a week to resign from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s parliamentary group over a face mask…
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German conservative has become the third lawmaker within a week to resign from Chancellor Angela Merkel's parliamentary group ove.
Follow RT on Germany’s face mask procurement scandal claimed another victim on Thursday, as a third MP quit the government over dramatic revelations threatening to derail Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party ahead of Sunday’s regional elections.
Conservative lawmaker Mark Hauptmann, from the eastern state of Thuringia, announced he was stepping down due to his alleged role in a cash-for-access arrangement with Azerbaijan.
The Christian Democrats (CDU) MP became the third lawmaker within a week to quit Merkel’s parliamentary group over controversies around face mask procurement.
His fellow CDU representative Nikolas Loebel announced on Sunday that he was leaving politics for good after allegedly receiving €250,000 ($298,000) for setting up a deal between a Chinese supplier and the German cities of Heidelberg and Mannheim.
Third MP hit in graft scandal roiling Merkel s conservatives Mark Hauptmann, a CDU lawmaker from the eastern German state of Thuringia, gave up his mandate but denied accusations that he had received payments from foreign governments such as Azerbaijan to lobby for them. FILE: A photo taken on 27 June 2019 shows German politician and member of parliament Mark Hauptmann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party as he speaks on the subject of start-up policy in the eastern states of Germany during a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin. Picture: AFP
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BERLIN, GERMANY - A German lawmaker for Angela Merkel s ruling CDU party on Thursday became the third conservative parliamentarian to step down this week amid allegations of corruption, days before crucial regional elections.
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