Other German Contributions Scandals
The most well-known previous scandal was the 1982 Flick Affair.
In the months after the 1999 CDU scandal, further illegal funding affairs were uncovered, involving among others the Hessian CDU and the Köln SPD. The North Rhine-Westphalian FDP's chairman, Jürgen Möllemann, also was implicated.
Read more about this topic: CDU Donations Scandal (1999)
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