received money from the Flick company: a total of 25 million Deutsche Mark. During the proceedings, the CDU politician Rainer Barzel resigned from his office as President of the Bundestag on 25 October 1984. He had been accused of being entangled in the Flick scandal; a charge rejected by both the inquiry committee and the prosecuting authorities two years later. Green MP Otto Schily, member of the investigation committee, later filed a complaint against Chancellor Helmut Kohl for alleged false testimony. $DTR$ References Also: Political scandals in Germany 1984 in Germany Flick family Helmut Kohl Der Spiegel $DTE$