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Bundestag Delays Second Sudhof Hearing After Klöckner Blocks Special Session

The hearing is slated for the first in-person Budget Committee meeting after the summer recess, prompting opposition claims that the governing parties are blocking transparency to shield Jens Spahn.

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Julia Klöckner (CDU), Bundestagspräsidentin genehmigt keine zweite Sondersitzung zum Sudhof-Bericht.
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Overview

  • A planned second questioning of special investigator Margaretha Sudhof has been deferred from late July to the next full in-person Budget Committee session in September.
  • Bundestag President Julia Klöckner refused to approve a special summer session of the Health Committee, preventing an earlier follow-up hearing.
  • Opposition MPs, led by Green budget spokesperson Paula Piechotta, accuse the Union and SPD of obstructing scrutiny to protect former Health Minister Jens Spahn.
  • Sudhof’s report finds that Spahn’s fixed-price guarantees for protective masks during the COVID-19 crisis risked causing potential billion-euro losses for taxpayers.
  • Ongoing supplier lawsuits over undelivered masks expose the federal government to multi-billion-euro liabilities and heighten the financial stakes of the stalled inquiry.