German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday (15 October) came under fire over a €690,000 donation from the family behind BMW at a time when her government blocked an EU cap on CO2 emissions for cars.
The Bavarian carmaker is dominated by the Quandt family - Johanna and her two children Stefan and Susanne - who each donated €230,000 to the Merkel's Christian-Democratic Union. The German parliament made the transfer public on Tuesday and the CDU confirmed it received the money on 9 Octobe...
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