List of political scandals in Germany
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This is a list of major political scandals in Germany:
- Spiegel scandal ("Spiegelaffäre", 1962)
- "Radikalenerlass" or Berufsverbot (1970s)
- Rudel Scandal (1976)
- CDU secret party donations scandal ("Parteispendenaffäre"), twice:
- 1982 "Flick Affair"
- CDU donations scandal (1999) ("Schwarzgeldaffäre")
- General Günter Kießling's supposed closet homosexuality (1984)
- Waterkantgate, scandal around Uwe Barschel, carrying on past his mysterious death (late 1980s / early 1990s)
- Amigo affair (Amigo-Affäre), bribe-scandal forcing the Bavarian prime minister Max Streibl to resign in 1993.
- Treuhand (mid-1990s)
- Berlin banking scandal (late 1990s)
- Causa Guttenberg (2011)
- Causa Wulff (2011)
