Not me! Angela Merkel denies lobbying for disgraced Wirecard during trip to China Tom Hussey
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced questions yesterday over her involvement in one of the biggest corporate scandals in history. Merkel faced questioning from a German parliamentary inquiry as to why she continued to promote scandal hit German payment processing company Wirecard abroad in 2019 despite a raft of allegations the company was acting unlawfully before it collapsed. In June 2020 Wirecard announced €1.9 billion in cash was missing from its coffers. Merkel told an inquiry how a trip to China in 2019 to promote the company was before she knew of allegations but commentators have branded the denial as fingerpointing and questioned the legitimacy of her and other politicans claims as a number of politicians have already resigned over the scandal.