Overview
- The full 170-page Sudhof investigation was made public on July 4–5 after a Spiegel, WDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung consortium obtained an unredacted copy previously blacked out in Bundestag submissions.
- Emails and internal notes confirm that Jens Spahn personally sanctioned non-competitive mask orders despite repeated warnings and approved unit prices as high as €7 for FFP2 masks.
- Germany paid €750 million to Swiss firm Emix, with intermediaries like Andrea Tandler earning around €48 million in commissions even as market prices were far lower.
- Health Minister Nina Warken defended her redactions as protecting privacy and legal interests, but critics accuse her of obscuring evidence of Spahn’s involvement.
- Greens and Left factions are pressing for a formal parliamentary inquiry and have scheduled expert hearings in the Bundestag budget committee next Tuesday to probe potential multi-billion-euro risks.