Another widespread scandal was when politicians used miles gathered on flights payed by the public for private flights. The biggest scandal in the last two de

Another widespread scandal was when politicians used miles gathered on flights payed by the public for private flights. The biggest scandal in the last two decades though was the CDU-Parteispendenaffäre (Big donations to the CDU from unknown donors). But the former Bundeskanzler Kohl took the secret to his grave and Schäuble who accepted illegal donations from a well known arms dealer is still a well respected politician and serves as president (roughly similar to the speaker role) of the Bundestag.