German Bundestag President Julia Klöckner Criticizes Greens for Accusing Administration of Blocking Inquiry
In a recent statement, Julia Klöckner, the President of the German Bundestag, criticized the Greens for accusing the Bundestag administration of initially blocking a small inquiry related to a mask affair involving Jens Spahn, a fellow Christian Democratic Union (CDU) member. Klöckner, a member of the CDU, denied the allegations, describing the administration’s actions as a standard procedure, not a blockade.
According to Klöckner, the Bundestag administration’s primary responsibility is to review small inquiries for form and reliability. She emphasized that even the Greens, who submitted the inquiry, were aware of the need for an exchange between the administration and the inquirers due to the involvement of ongoing legal proceedings at the Federal Constitutional Court. Klöckner’s statement suggests that the administration’s actions were a necessary step in the process, rather than an attempt to obstruct the inquiry.