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Germany: Stylish German MPs trigger WoB-case about business secrets
09/01/2011 -
Members of the German federal Parliament Bundestag in 2009 ordered stylish Mont Blanc pens for €68.000. An obvious story for tabloid daily newspaper Bild.
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