Overview
- New disclosures show the Staatskanzlei paid 365 Sherpas €19,813.50 (2022), €26,197.85 (2023), €1,320.90 (2024) and €12,253.57 (2025), totaling about €60,000.
- A separate award of more than €330,000 for a new government website went to Ressourcenmangel Integral GmbH, which belongs to the same Hirschen Group as 365 Sherpas.
- CDU lawmaker Ann Christin von Allwörden has submitted a detailed Kleine Anfrage in the Schwerin parliament seeking clarity on agency ties and any side work by state employees.
- The Bund der Steuerzahler labels the overlap at least a grey area and calls for a transparent review of links between the Staatskanzlei, contracted PR firms and SPD campaign operations.
- Government spokesman Andreas Timm rejects impropriety, noting Blaudszun joined 365 Sherpas in July 2024 and saying the website contract was scored on fixed criteria after a Europe-wide tender, while Blaudszun pledges to keep her roles strictly separate and says she has not worked for the state government.