CDU/CSU raises concerns about “Stefan Gelbhaar affair”
Berlin. The CDU/CSU parliamentary group has raised concerns about the ” Vorgänge um Stefan Gelbhaar” ( Stefan Gelbhaar affair).In a letter to Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD) dated Friday and published on Saturday, the group leaders of the Union faction, Mathias Middelberg and Andrea Lindholz, cited “concrete indications” that Gelbhaar had been influenced in his role as Vice-President of the Bundestag. According to the letter, this influence was exerted by the parliamentary group of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
In the letter, Middelberg and Lindholz refer to the “examination of the ‘Vorgänge um Stefan Gelbhaar'” (examination of the “Stefan Gelbhaar affair”), which was conducted by the Bundestag Administration in cooperation with the Federal Criminal Police Office. According to the letter, the examination had revealed “concrete indications that Mr. Gelbhaar had been influenced in his role as Vice-President of the Bundestag by third parties, in particular by members of the AfD parliamentary group.”
The “Stefan Gelbhaar affair” refers to allegations that Gelbhaar had been influenced by the AfD in the exercise of his duties as Vice-President of the Bundestag. The CDU/CSU parliamentary group had already raised the issue in the Bundestag on several occasions and had demanded clarification.
In their letter to Bas, Middelberg and Lindholz write that “the examination of the ‘Vorgänge um Stefan Gelbhaar’ has brought to light new findings, according to which it can be assumed that there was influence on Mr. Gelbhaar in the exercise of his duties as Vice-President of the Bundestag.” The Union faction therefore demands further clarification and a “full examination of the affair”.
Background: Stefan Gelbhaar was elected Vice-President of the Bundestag from the ranks of the SPD parliamentary group in 2021. In May 2022, he resigned from this office after allegations of influence by the AfD became public. After Gelbhaar’s resignation, the Bundestag Administration and the Federal Criminal Police Office conducted an examination of the ” Vorgänge um Stefan Gelbhaar”. The results of this examination had not yet been made public at the time of this writing.
CDU/CSU thematisiert “Vorgänge um Stefan Gelbhaar”
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