Government takes control of the Federal Court of Audit
In Berlin, the CDU/CSU and SPD are taking control of the Federal Court of Auditors, damaging the very authority that is supposed to independently audit the government's handling of taxpayers' money. After the departure of the previous president Kay Scheller after twelve years, the CDU member of the Bundestag Ansgar Heveling is to become the new president, while the SPD has already filled the vice post with the former Minister of Construction Klara Geywitz. The process hits the core of state financial supervision, because it means that both top offices go to politicians of the governing parties. Heveling's personality is particularly explosive, as he is considered a close confidant of Chancellor Friedrich Merz and still comes from active parliamentary business. The consequence is serious: one of the last effective control bodies of the federal government visibly loses distance from the very power it is supposed to monitor
Control of billions in party hands in the future
The Federal Court of Audit is not a subsidiary authority. It examines whether ministries are wasting money, projects failing or concealing risks. This is precisely why this institution needs political distance. If the government fills the top with its own people, it damages the independence of control.
In Berlin, the CDU/CSU and SPD are taking control of the Federal Court of Auditors, damaging the very authority that is supposed to independently audit the government's handling of taxpayers' money. After the departure of the previous president Kay Scheller after twelve years, the CDU member of the Bundestag Ansgar Heveling is to become the new president, while the SPD has already filled the vice post with the former Minister of Construction Klara Geywitz. The process hits the core of state financial supervision, because it means that both top offices go to politicians of the governing parties. Heveling's personality is particularly explosive, as he is considered a close confidant of Chancellor Friedrich Merz and still comes from active parliamentary business. The consequence is serious: one of the last effective control bodies of the federal government visibly loses distance from the very power it is supposed to monitor
Control of billions in party hands in the future
The Federal Court of Audit is not a subsidiary authority. It examines whether ministries are wasting money, projects failing or concealing risks. This is precisely why this institution needs political distance. If the government fills the top with its own people, it damages the independence of control.
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