Please literally replace any instance of “German’s Merz” with “Coal, Gas & Car lobby”
On the topic (autotranslated):
“PURPLE – Change from the VDA”: A leaked position paper from the Union shows how the party allows entire passages to be dictated by the automotive industry lobby association. No problem for the CDU.
An wth does that mean?
My 2ct goes to: He will suck the country dry, enrich himself and blame the foreigners and the EU.
According to the documents of the National Memory Institute in Slovakia, Babiš collaborated with the State Security Police (StB) of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, under the code name agent Bureš. He denies the accusations, and in 2012 sued the institute for defamation. In January 2018, the Bratislava regional court ruled definitively that Babiš was an StB agent. This final court case may not be appealed.
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This case was investigated by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). OLAF’s final report was delivered to the Czech officers of the Ministry of Finance on 27 December 2017. Journalist Sabina Slonková published a report of the results on the website Neovlivni.cz on 3 January 2018, concluding that OLAF’s final report confirmed the results of the investigation by the Czech Police and prosecutors that the fraud was planned from the beginning.
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Babiš has been linked closely to President Miloš Zeman since at least 2001, when Zeman was prime minister, and his business interests are alleged to have benefited from the association. In 2001, Zeman oversaw the sale of Unipetrol, a state-owned chemical company, to Babiš. Babiš pulled out of the sale, but later oversaw the sale of the firm to a Polish company. According to Polish reports, the sale was accompanied by substantial bribery, although Babis denied that any bribes were paid.
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A preliminary version of the EU audit reached 22 findings, with a recommendation to take action to repay EU funds totalling 17.49 million euros. The audit concluded that Babiš had a conflict of interest by taking part in decisions about the allocation of EU funds.
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Babiš has a reputation for surrounding himself with senior police officers, security agents, and former Communist informers.
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Šincl described Babiš’s tactic, of reading potentially damaging facts about him from a file marked with his name, as reminiscent of StB tactics.
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In a conversation with MF Dnes journalist Marek Přibil, he discusses the date of publication of damaging stories about Interior Minister Milan Chovanec and Minister of Health Miloslav Ludvík. On the tape, Babiš is recorded instructing Přibil to tell František Nachtigall, the director of strategic development, when and how to publish the stories.
Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling populations
It won’t but it will distract from the real problems and the negative consequences of right-wing conservative politics, and that’s all it’s about.
LOL. It was all a lie. Remarkable that after everything, the head of the brazen liars club still has a real shot at becoming the UK’s next PM.