Ermittlungen: Berliner SPD: Spende von 9.900 Euro zurücküberwiesen
Kurz vor der Wahl zum Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus wird gegen den SPD-Spitzenkandidaten Steffen Krach ermittelt. Dabei soll es um ein Vergabeverfahren gehen. Was bisher zu dem Fall bekannt ist.
Berlin's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has returned a donation of 9,900 euros given to the party by a Berlin-based businessman, Steffen Krach, the SPD's top candidate for the upcoming Berlin Senate election, has reported. The party's treasurer, Fabian Fischer, informed the organization that Krach had decided to refuse the donation "on the instructions of our top candidate" shortly after the new year.
The donation was made on December 29, 2025, through a bank transfer to the SPD Berlin account. Krach was informed of the donation on January 7 and arranged for its return on the same day, according to a report by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb). The money was transferred back to the donor on January 9. A spokesperson for the Berlin SPD confirmed the details of the donation and its return.
The investigation into Krach, conducted by the State Attorney's Office in Hannover, focuses on a procurement process for a clinic sale in the Hannover region during Krach's time as a regional president, for which he was on leave during the election campaign. Krach dismissed the accusations as "baseless" and said he had "not accepted a single sum of money from this bidder, either privately or as SPD Landesvorsteher."
The Berlin SPD is facing a historically poor vote in recent polls, and the investigations are taking place during a heated election campaign.
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