Overview

• Starting Monday, organizers will email all 630 MPs to gather confidential signatures indicating support for an Untersuchungsausschuss.
• Greens and Left remain about nine votes short of the 25% threshold required to initiate a committee and they have ruled out relying on AfD votes.
• Paula Piechotta and Tamara Mazzi say only a parliamentary inquiry can fully examine alleged favoritism and establish responsibility for the costly procurement decisions.
• Supplier disputes over the mask deals total roughly €2.3 billion, with €390 million already paid in settlements, €91 million spent on legal fees, and six court wins worth about €4.7 million.
• CSU figures dismiss the signature drive and the Union cites the new pandemic Enquete commission, but opposition parties argue it lacks the subpoena powers needed for targeted scrutiny.