Overview
- Bareiß announced on Thursday that he and CDU/CSU parliamentary leader Thorsten Frei agreed he will no longer sit on the Bundestag Budget Committee and that he will take a different role in the group to be named later.
- Prosecutors in Hechingen are investigating the lawmaker on suspicion of negligent endangerment of road traffic and negligent bodily harm based largely on a blood test that showed a synthetic controlled substance in a relevant amount.
- The collision took place on July 12 on the B27 between Hechingen and Balingen when two cars collided and one overturned, leaving at least one driver seriously injured; police have not publicly confirmed which driver was which.
- Bareiß has surrendered his driving licence, said he does not remember the crash and in early August announced a political pause and that he would step back from his CDU Württemberg‑Hohenzollern chair and not seek re‑election.
- Observers should watch the prosecutor’s next steps because a formal charge would affect Bareiß’s committee work and duties for his Zollernalb‑Sigmaringen constituents and could prompt further reshuffling in the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.