Overview
- The CDU parliamentary group said there will be no leadership changes, keeping Dirk Stettner as chair and Christian Goiny as budget spokesman.
- Opposition parties Linke and the Greens accuse both men of pressing the culture administration to release the grants improperly, which the two deny.
- Berlin’s Court of Audit found €2.6 million awarded to 13 antisemitism‑prevention projects was evidently unlawful under the state’s budget and administrative rules.
- Reporting says Stettner and Goiny repeatedly contacted the culture department and pushed for fast approval of the applications.
- Culture Senator Sarah Wedl‑Wilson has already resigned over the affair, intensifying scrutiny of how Berlin oversees public funds for sensitive programs.