Why is the minister of health needs in their Mercedes official holiday? Questioned the Bild newspaper, summing up the general bewilderment in a country very attached to the proper management of public money.
The If Ulla Schmidt appeared on the front page of several newspapers on Monday while it rained criticism not only from the opposition but also in the field of conservatives.
Ulla Schmidt has scandalously squandered taxpayers' money to do all across Europe to his official limousine and driver to take for your holiday in Spain, he told the press Georg Schirmbeck, responsible for budgetary matters within the Christian Democratic Union (CDU ).
As irony of this story indicate that the 2653 km tour of the Mercedes minister between Berlin and Barcelona (in the southeast of Spain) have been ignored if the vehicle is not had been stolen.
During a robbery in an apartment in this town, occupied by the driver of the minister, the thieves stole the keys to a vehicle which turned out to be the official Mercedes , which rolled over 24 hours to consume 700 liters of gasoline. Something scandalous for the Germans organic fiber.
Ulla Schmidt stays by his side at a residence on the Costa Blanca after taking the plane to rest in Spain.
After the embarrassment of a health ministry spokesman tried to explain that Saturday Ulla Schmidt had some professional duties during their holiday, hence the presence of his official vehicle.
The minister was speaking Monday before the retired Germans living in Spain.
Given the extent of reactions stressed the health ministry said in a statement Sunday that Ulla Schmidt has a vehicle official as all members of government and can be used for public purposes andprivate.
The private travel costs incurred are recorded separately and the minister must pay these bills from his pocket, he insisted ministry.
But the criticism was not calmed. Was not it possible that the Embassy of Germany in Madrid put a vehicle available to the minister? Asked the chairman of the budget committee of parliament, liberal Congressman Otto Fricke.
The Federation of German taxpayers, a powerful lobbying group, has also demanded an explanation from the minister.
In 2002, the defense minister, Rudolf Scharping, caused a scandal for having used repeatedly the planes of the German air force to go to visit his partner in the Spanish island of Mallorca. After he was dismissed because of the accumulation of several scandals.
That same year, several members had to leave office after having used for private purposes, the air miles accumulated during travel professionals.
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