by Katrin Welker On 13 March 2016, the German Federal Administrative Court Bundesverwaltungsgericht decided that Members of Parliament have a right to confidentiality regarding their office supply purchases (no. 6 C 65.14).
The Parliamentary Act gives Members of the German Parliament (MP) the option to purchase office supply items for an amount of currently 12.000 € per year (material resources package). In 2009, there were press reports about luxury purchases by German MPs. On 6 December 2009, a journalist requested photocopies of all documents relating to non-cash benefits of the MPs addressed to the Administration of the German Parliament which…
