Former Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) considers the funding scandal in her ministry to be closed.
With a view to the former state secretary Sabine Döring’s scheduled testimony before the Education Committee in January and the new Education Minister Cem Özdemir’s (Greens) potential statement on the matter, Stark-Watzinger told the “Tagesspiegel”: “It is up to each minister to express themselves on the topics of their ministry. We have clarified the process in question.”
Stark-Watzinger emphasized: “I believe that a political body like the Education Committee should focus on more important topics. But the decision on that is up to others.”
Regarding internal chats in the ministry via the “Wire” messenger service and their disclosure, Stark-Watzinger said: “For me, the chapter is closed.