Overview

• Delegates at the DESG assembly voted 65–8 to reject the 2020 financial report, citing procedural violations in its presentation.
• President Matthias Große ended the assembly before the planned presidium election, asserting that the audit had been vetted by tax consultants and approved by the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
• Member clubs and regional associations are preparing a petition to convene an extraordinary general meeting to vote on removing the presidium.
• Große has proposed relocating the federation’s headquarters from Berlin to Inzell and downsizing the number of federal training centers from four to three.
• The DESG’s governance crisis underscores broader tensions over financial transparency, procedural integrity, and organizational restructuring within the federation.