German political scandals
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This is a list of major political scandal
s in Germany
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Political scandal
A political scandal is a kind of political corruption that is exposed and becomes a scandal, in which politicians or government officials are accused of engaging in various illegal, corrupt, or unethical practices...
s in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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- Spiegel scandalSpiegel scandalThe Spiegel Affair of 1962 was one of the major political scandals in Germany in the era following World War II.The scandal involved a conflict between Franz Josef Strauss, then Federal Minister of Defense, and Rudolf Augstein, owner and editor-in-chief of Der Spiegel magazine, Germany's leading...
("Spiegelaffäre", 1962) - "Radikalenerlass" or BerufsverbotBerufsverbotBerufsverbot is an order of "professional disqualification" under German law. Berufsverbot may be called profession ban in English.A Berufsverbot disqualifies the recipient from engaging in certain professions or activities on the grounds of his or her criminal record, political convictions or...
(1970s) - Rudel ScandalRudel ScandalThe Rudel Scandal of 1976 was a political scandal in Germany which concerned the way the German Army dealt with the traditions of the Wehrmacht....
(1976) - CDUChristian Democratic Union (Germany)The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
secret party donations scandal ("Parteispendenaffäre"), twice:- 1982 "Flick AffairFlick AffairThe Flick Affair was a German political scandal of the early 1980s relating to political contributions by the Flick company, a major German conglomerate, to various political parties "for the cultivation of the political landscape"...
" - 1999 CDU contributions scandal1999 CDU contributions scandalIn late 1999, it was discovered that the German Christian Democratic Union political party had accepted illegal donations while under the control of Chancellor Helmut Kohl in the 1990s...
("Schwarzgeldaffäre")
- 1982 "Flick Affair
- General Günter KießlingGünter KießlingGünter Kießling was a German general in the Bundeswehr, who became famous as the subject of what became known as the Kießling Affair....
's supposed closet homosexualityHomosexualityHomosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...
(1984) - Waterkantgate, scandal around Uwe BarschelUwe BarschelUwe Barschel was a West German politician and from 1982 to 1987 Minister-President in the State of Schleswig-Holstein...
, carrying on past his mysterious death (late 1980s / early 1990s) - Amigo affair (Amigo-Affäre), bribe-scandal forcing the Bavarian prime minister Max StreiblMax StreiblMax Streibl was a German politician of the CSU party and former Minister President of Bavaria.-Life:Max Streibel was born in Oberammergau in 1932, where his parents owned a hotel business...
to resign in 1993. - TreuhandTreuhandThe Treuhandanstalt was the agency that privatized the East German enterprises, Volkseigener Betrieb , owned as public property. Created by the Volkskammer on June 17, 1990, it oversaw the restructuring and selling of about 8,500 firms with initially over 4 million employees...
(mid-1990s) - Berlin banking scandal (late 1990s)