Auditors the Federal court of audit of Germany questioned the need and legality of multimillion-dollar contracts for consulting services, which under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen distributed Department of defense. The opposition said about corruption, reports Euronews.
"it has Become clear that there are no clear rules that would regulate the consultants and would supervise their activities so that these relationships are not healed their own lives. In the end we have what we have: a number of violations, and important decisions are made through personal acquaintances. And in the air comprehensive description of what is happening — nepotism", - quotes Agency the words of Matthias höhn, member of the parliamentary Committee.
Von der Leyen was Minister of defence of Germany from 2013 to 2019. The first suspicions of the auditors appeared to 2018. According to the investigation, illegal spending from the budget amounted to about 200 million euros. She von der Leyen said that he learned about it at the same time, of the audit reports.
"Ursula von der Leyen went to the hearing through the back door. Cameras in the courtroom was not allowed. Ex-Minister stressed that mistakes took place, but without the external advisors to its office was not enough. Opposition to such a statement, obviously, was not satisfied. The Committee's findings should be made public in the course of the year," says Euronews correspondent Jon Kellgren.
