Overview

• Warken reversed her initial stance by agreeing to send the classified 170-page Sudhof report on mask procurement under Jens Spahn to the Bundestag’s Budget Committee with key passages blacked out.
• The redactions will cover personal employee information, corporate trade secrets and details of ongoing lawsuits with mask suppliers to comply with data protection rules.
• Former minister Jens Spahn has publicly called for full publication and insists he has nothing to hide, while Greens and Left deputies continue to demand unredacted disclosure.
• Sudhof’s investigation highlights Spahn’s use of an open-house procedure setting a €4.50 per-mask price and accuses him of unilateral decisions that risked billions in taxpayer funds.
• Budget Committee hearings are scheduled for next week when Warken and Spahn are set to face questions over the handling of the Sudhof report and past procurement decisions.