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Martin Bartenstein (VP), former Minister of Economic Affairs, said yesterday at the inquiry commission. Even though he did not want to cause any problems to his boss, Schüssels' announcement that the Eurofighter was funding itself almost on its own was a purely political statement, Bartenstein said.
The support of the Republic's complaint against the builder of Eurofighter, EADS or Airbus, however gave rise to a judgment of the Munich court in March, made public yesterday by the Neos. A former Airbus executive is found guilty of serious infidelity and has clbadified the company "Vector", which should be used to settle transactions in return, as a "pure transit point". The money paid by EADS to Vector has never been used for counter-transactions, they say. Wolfgang Peschorn, prosecutor, who represents the Republic in the trial, sees the suspicions of fraud confirmed.
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