The Ministry of defence has admitted for the renovation of the “Gorch Fock” error. For von der Leyen, the thing is, were out – several aspects could be dangerous.
It sounds like an admission of guilt: Ten pages of the answer of the Ministry of defence on the Prüfmitteilung of the Federal government includes the court of auditors to the “Gorch Fock”. In the Letter, which was sent to the members of the Ministry of defence to the attention of the ARD capital city Studio, it says: “The previous state allows to determine, however, that we share the vast majority of the representations of the Federal court of auditors as well as the recommendations follow the summary remarks.”
The Federal court of auditors had criticized in several respects, the approach of the German armed forces in the rehabilitation of the “Gorch Fock”. For example, at the beginning of maintenance of a full cost-effectiveness study should be performed. The “Gorch Fock” arrived in 2015, in the yard, the repair was put out to tender, the Elsflether shipyard in lower Saxony, was awarded the contract Work to the value of 9.6 million euros.
German defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen: the Unsolved Problem in the Navy.
More flaws
In the following months, were employees of the armed forces, other defects, follow-up orders were issued, the costs rose further and further at least 135 million euros. Opposition politicians criticized the price rises.
you Would have known from the beginning how expensive the redevelopment of the sailing school ship, we could have a new building to consider the Argument. The Ministry acknowledged now is to strengthen the Department, for cost-effectiveness studies. A quality assurance concept should be developed.
“In the case of a project whose cost as a little out of hand, it is a particularly serious admission of the Bundeswehr, in the implementation of cost-effectiveness studies need to be reworked need to be,” says Tobias Lindner, the Green politician and a member of the defence and the budget Committee. “Minister von der Leyen may not stage as a victim of the criminal machinations of a shipyard. She has made significant errors.” The resignation of Lindner is not, however, further elucidation of calls.
school ship “Gorch Fock”: glitches in the renovation.
Unsolved Problem
Karsten Klein, a budget expert for the FDP in the Bundestag, said that the term of office of Minister Ursula von der Leyen belonged to the test: “The defence Minister must now finally take action, instead of only to give and announce.”
Siemtje Möller, SPD Bundestag Deputy and member of the defence Committee, is in favour of strengthening the cost-effectiveness tests, however, sees another Problem: “at The Moment, it is clear that reducing the cost growth caused by increases and why, apparently, a part of the embezzled could be.” It calls to strengthen the project managers.
Von der Leyen has, above all, a still unsolved Problem in the Navy. The Federal court of auditors criticized the two-Line submissions to the Minister, which were the basis for the decision, which ship to build. Both times, the Minister is said to have been deceived, important information should be withheld.
