[ad_1]
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Björn Höcke: Is he giving AfD a new scandal about party donations?
dpa
Another donation scandal could be problematic for the AfD. According to a press article, right wing Björn Höcke has raised funds for his band "The Wing" via an external club. However, this could be illegal.
The AfD could be in danger of another donation case. The group clearly "right" The Wing "reportedly collected a report from" Bild am Sonntag "according to the party committees on funds for their work – but on the detour of an external badociation. Thuringian party, Björn Höcke, which forms the basis of the power of "The Wing", sent a Christmas letter to the club "Conservative!" called. According to the report, the donation account should already have received several thousand of 39; euros.
According to a confidential protocol, this approach to the leadership of the party should cause discontent. Among other criticisms of the House leader of the AfD Bundestag, Alexander Gauland, Höcke's action. The concern of party leaders: the funds paid to the club could be counted as illegal donations to parties because they have to be used to finance AfD events. In addition, the AfD escapes this way in money.
In response, the federal executive decided on January 7 that "the wing" could only raise funds in coordination with the party treasurer. In addition, funding for such groups should be discussed in the coming weeks. A request from "BamS" left the party unanswered.
The AfD is already under pressure for another donation deal. The party had confirmed in November that in 2017, about 130,000 euros from a Swiss pharmaceutical company had been transferred several times in the AfD district of Lake Constance. The money would have been repaid in the spring of 2018. The donations of third country citizens to German political parties are illegal. The AfD had recently submitted to the Bundestag administration the names of 14 Germans and other European citizens who should be behind the donations.
Source link
