Caroline Bosbach case: irritation in the NRW CDU via cash affair

The CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia relies on a quick clarification of the allegations against its member of the Bundestag Caroline Bosbach. “The CDU North Rhine-Westphalia is in contact with the responsible district association and has offered its support in the investigation of the facts,” said a spokesman for the state chairman Hendrik Wüst the star.

In the state party, the case causes irritation. A crisis meeting of Bosbach’s district association, the CDU in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis, ended largely without results on Friday evening. The Christian Democrats sat with a lawyer for the Bundestag members for around two hours. According to the participants, several members of the board were applied. There was also resentment that Bosbach – despite the invitation – did not take part in the digital meeting.

The lawyer Bosbach was apparently unable to clear the allegations in the round. In a subsequent explanation, the party pointed out that “Enlightenment and criminal assessment of the facts” now lying in the hands of the public prosecutor’s office to which the relevant documents were handed over. “We are interested in a quick and complete clarification of the facts and will contribute to everything necessary.”

Bosbach is suspended internal allegations of having put money from the party treasury for private purposes. According to information from RTL/NTV and star It is about 2500 euros that she was paid out in cash in January. A sum that she has now transferred to the CDU according to her lawyer.

The background: In a police volunteer, a former CDU employee claims to be instructed by Bosbach in January 2025 to provide a false bill for services in the election campaign over 2500 euros. He then withdrawn the money transferred by the CDU in two tranches and brought Bosbach at a personal meeting in their apartment in Bergisch-Gladbach. The editorial team has transfer documents and account statements that confirm this information. The entire process is insured by him and another former CDU employee.

The 35-year-old denies any misconduct through her lawyer, but indirectly admits that he received the money-a “manageable amount”. From the lawyer’s point of view, however, the party could never damage the party, because Bosbach had never submitted “the CDU to several thousand euros by her personally made election campaign costs, which she could have been reimbursed to reimbursement”.

He explained why Bosbach accepted the money as well as the question of why she did not officially bill alleged campaign expenses. The fact that you want to have transferred 2500 euros to the CDU immediately after the accusation of the allegations, i.e. exactly the sum in question, also appears puzzling, it actually does not see any misconduct on her part.

Bosbach also denies that he has commissioned a false bill, as claimed by the former employee. Her lawyer explains that his campaign aid has actually been provided that she was also documented. However, Bosbach’s lawyer has not yet been able to present any evidence of this presentation, and apparently not even in the crisis meeting of the district association. The party continues to assume a false bill. She terminated the employee and asked him to reimburse the CDU the invoice amount.

Bosbach has been in the Bundestag for the first time this year. It was elected directly with 42.2 percent of the first votes in the Rhine Berg constituency.