Accusations Against Previous Transport Minister, Scheuer, Advance in Legal Processes
The Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office has filed charges of perjury against the former Federal Minister of Transport, Andreas Scheuer (CSU). The charges are based on allegations of making "deliberately false" statements during a 2020 parliamentary inquiry committee hearing on the failed car toll.
Andreas Scheuer has vehemently denied the allegations, emphasizing that he would "defend himself with all his might" against the accusations. He has repeatedly maintained that he could not remember having offered toll operators to conclude the contract only after the European Court of Justice (ECJ)'s ruling.
The original goal of the car toll was to enable tax relief for German drivers. However, in 2019, the ECJ ruled the law proposal for a German car toll to be illegal. Despite this, the accusation concerns whether Scheuer, as transport minister, concluded contracts with an operator consortium for the planned toll, despite knowing that the ECJ could stop the project.
The then-planned operator companies' chairmen had made similar claims before the parliamentary inquiry committee. The operator company, which never managed to implement the project, was awarded a claim for damages of 243 million euros.
Scheuer has stated that he had "already taken political responsibility - also for others" for the failure of the toll. He also accused the justice system of having ulterior motives in filing charges against him. He said that the public prosecutor is using the "so-called media 'summer hole' to file charges."
The Bild newspaper reported the news about the charges against Scheuer. However, no further information is provided about Scheuer going on the offensive in this paragraph. The search results do not provide the name of the lawyer representing Scheuer in his defense against embezzlement accusations.
It remains to be seen how this case will unfold. The public will be closely watching the developments as they unfold.
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