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Merkel s party moves to clean up after mask affair A lawmaker from Merkel s CDU party and another from its CSU Bavarian sister party have been accused of profiting directly or indirectly from mask contracts. This videograb taken from German TV channel ARD on 18 March 2020 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing the nation on the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 at the Chancellery in Berlin. Picture: AFP
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BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel s conservatives sought Wednesday to end corruption allegations roiling their ranks over mask procurement, ordering MPs to declare all financial gains related to the pandemic days ahead of key regional elections.
A lawmaker with German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party says he will give up his seat in parliament and leave politics after it emerged that his company profited from deals to procure masks early in the pandemic