Oettinger says new ethics allegations ‘unfounded’

Digital Commissioner Günther Oettinger today denied that his decision to take a German lobbyist’s private plane to Budapest in May was unethical.

“These allegations are unfounded,” he said in a statement to POLITICO, and after tweeted “Due to meetings, could not take scheduled flight to be in time for dinner PM Orbán. HU suggested plane.”

The Commission said scheduling issues prevented Oettinger from taking a commercial flight to meet Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for dinner to discuss Hungary’s digital efforts.

The Hungarian government suggested Oettinger take Klaus Mangold’s plane as he was also traveling to Budapest. Mangold is a pro-Russian businessman and a former member of the board of management of automaker Daimler.

The meeting was scheduled ahead of a conference on the development of autonomous cars in Hungary.

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