German opposition seeks inquiry over Scholz and tax scheme
Associated PressBERLIN — Germany’s main opposition party said Tuesday that it will seek a parliamentary inquiry into Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s handling of a tax evasion scam involving a private bank before he became the country’s leader. The center-right Union bloc said it will call for the national parliament to set up a commission of inquiry when it returns after the Easter break in mid-April. Conservative lawmaker Matthias Hauer, a member of parliament’s finance committee, said the Union was calling for a commission of inquiry because previous attempts at federal level to get information from Scholz had been ignored or rebuffed. “There are a lot of open questions, there are inconsistencies and above all there are contradictions.. We are going to stay on top of it.” Dozens of bankers are being investigated in connection with so-called cum-ex share transactions that are said to have cost the German government billions of euros.
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