Dream ship affair

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The dream ship affair or sailing trip affair was a political scandal that became known on December 28, 1990 and on January 13, 1991 led to the resignation of Lothar Späth as Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg .

Two journalists from Südwestfunk had learned that Späth had traveled to the Aegean with the head of the SEL company . It turned out that Späth had not paid anything for his vacation, nor for having been given the company's aircraft . When a press agency reported rumors about Späth, the Südwest Presse prematurely published an article by Martin Born which uncovered the facts. The following debate was exacerbated by the fact that the public prosecutor's office accepted Späth's amusement expenses as a business expense . The fact that in the year of the Aegean trip, SEL had received the contract to equip all state authorities with fax machines without a tender was not the only sensational thing; Flights with the Concorde to Martinique and discreet vacations all by yourself were also part of it.

An application for an investigative committee of the state parliament initially failed due to the rejection by the parliamentary groups of the CDU and FDP . It only came about through a lawsuit before the State Court . Before the committee, Späth admitted that his income tax "has not yet been clarified".

Investigations into suspicion of infidelity and taking advantage were started against Späth , but were ultimately closed.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Mathias Kepplinger: Journalistic conflicts and scandals . Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ Late at the end . The time. January 11, 1991. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ I'll arrange that with Lothar . The mirror. January 14, 1991. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ Above the cesspool . The mirror. January 28, 1991. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  5. ↑ Judgment or calamity . Baden-Württemberg State Archive. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Well, I saw no problem" . The time. December 6, 1991. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  7. ↑ Miles and more trouble . The world. December 13, 1999. Retrieved March 18, 2010.