Overview

• Warken maintains the report’s confidentiality, citing its inclusion of personnel details and active legal proceedings, and proposes presenting only the ministry’s synopsis to the budget committee.
• Green MPs and SPD health committee chair Tanja Machalet are pushing to convene special sessions of the budget and health committees if the full Sudhof report remains classified.
• Margaretha Sudhof’s January investigation reportedly details non-competitive contracts, mask prices set at €4.50 apiece against ministerial advice, and a €1.5 billion logistics award to the Fiege group.
• Multiple suppliers have sued over unpaid or disputed mask deliveries, exposing the government to potential liabilities estimated between €2.3 billion and €3.5 billion.
• Leaked emails show Jens Spahn personally demanded “legally binding” mask orders, underpinning a €287 million claim by Pure Fashion Agency.