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Germany: Third conservative MP quits as pressure grows over lobbying scandals Mark Hauptmann is the third German parliamentarian among Chancellor Angela Merkel s conservatives to exit over lobbying claims. Hauptmann denies reports he accepted money for tourism ads. Mark Hauptmann has become the latest German MP to quit, but denies wrongdoing Just days before two key state elections, German Chancellor Angela Merkel s conservative party bloc was further bruised on Thursday by a third exit from a member of parliament. Mark Hauptmann, a lawmaker with the Christian Democrats (CDU) from the state of Thuringia, quit his seat in the Bundestag on Thursday amid pressure over lobbying allegations.

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