Overview
- Right-leaning Bündnis Deutschland says it will file on Wednesday for a parliamentary inquiry into all recent retirements of state secretaries, and the CDU is weighing support after hearing from Vogt on November 7.
- Investigators searched the economics ministry and private homes of Kristina Vogt and the former state secretary, securing documents and digital media now being reviewed.
- The probe centers on whether the official was retired on a pretext to qualify for a lucrative pension, which is only due if the authority terminates employment after at least two years in office.
- Vogt’s legal team rejects any violation, arguing the official had signaled a wish to prioritize family, making continued service impracticable, and urging a swift conclusion to the case.
- The case follows the recent resignation of ex–environment senator Kathrin Moosdorf under a similar suspicion, intensifying pressure on Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte as opposition parties press for accountability and, in some cases, Vogt’s resignation.