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The CDU donations scandal was a political scandal resulting from the illegal forms of party financing used by the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during the 1990s. These included accepting hidden donations, the non-disclosure of cash donations, the maintenance of secret bank accounts, and illegal wire transfers to and from foreign banks.
The scandal was uncovered in late 1999 and remained the dominant subject of political discussion and news coverage in Germany for several months. The '' Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache'' selected the term ''Schwarzgeldaffäre'' (German opinion polls from 1998 to 2002 on the federal level
conducted by the Allensbach Institute, collected by wahlrecht.de As a consequence, two of the leading CDU figures of the 1980s and 1990s, Helmut Kohl and Wolfgang Schäuble, lost their political influence, with Angela Merkel and Roland Koch emerging as the most powerful German conservative politicians.
The CDU donations scandal was a political scandal resulting from the illegal forms of party financing used by the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during the 1990s. These included accepting hidden donations, the non-disclosure of cash donations, the maintenance of secret bank accounts, and illegal wire transfers to and from foreign banks.
The scandal was uncovered in late 1999 and remained the dominant subject of political discussion and news coverage in Germany for several months. The '' Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache'' selected the term ''Schwarzgeldaffäre'' (literally
''Literally'' is an English adverb. It has been controversially used as an intensifier for figurative statements.
History
The first known use of the word ''literally'' was in the 15th century, or the 1530s, when it was used in the sense of "i ...
, "black money affair" i.e. "illegal earnings scandal") as German Word of the Year 2000. Opinion polls conducted by the Allensbach Institute suggest that in November 1999 (before the scandal became known), the CDU was expected to receive around 45 percent of the popular vote in a hypothetical German federal election. By February 2000, this value had plummeted down to 31 percent.conducted by the Allensbach Institute, collected by wahlrecht.de As a consequence, two of the leading CDU figures of the 1980s and 1990s, Helmut Kohl and Wolfgang Schäuble, lost their political influence, with Angela Merkel and Roland Koch emerging as the most powerful German conservative politicians.
Timeline
1999
2000
Later events
See also
* Politics of Germany * Flick affair, a similar scandal in the 1980sReferences
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