Deutsche Welle: German lawmakers to grill Merkel over Wirecard scandal

A press review featuring Fabio De Masi

Mar 10th, 2021

Deutsche Welle: German lawmakers to grill Merkel over Wirecard scandal

 

"A Bundestag committee will question the German chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz. Talking to DW, an opposition lawmaker accused Angela Merkel of lobbying for Wirecard during a visit to China. (...)

Left party lawmaker Fabio de Masi accused government officials of cooperating to allow the "fraud."

"No single person can carry out such a fraud, it takes a network," de Masi said. Among other things, he criticized "a very continuous commitment of the German government" to Wirecard in China even after serious allegations had come to light. (...)"