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Hechingen (Baden-Württemberg) – According to the Schwäbische Zeitung, CDU politician Thomas Bareis was seriously injured in a serious traffic accident on the B27 highway. Barais has now undergone emergency surgery and his life is in danger, the newspaper reported, citing “classified information.” There is no official confirmation of this. The CDU board has already been informed of the incident.
Bareiß has been owned by the company since 2005. German Bundestag and represents the district of Zollernalb-Sigmaringen. From 2018 to 2021, he was parliamentary State Secretary under the then Minister of Economy Peter Altmaier (68, CDU) and was responsible, among other things, for energy policy, medium-sized businesses and tourism. From 2018 to 2021, he was also the Federal Government’s Commissioner for Tourism.
Thomas Bareiss (51 years old, CDU), member of the German Bundestag, gives a speech in the plenary hall
According to the police, his car collided with another vehicle in the direction of Balingen in the morning. Cause accident It is still unclear, the police are investigating. According to the report, Barais was driving and was stuck in his car. Fire station released and then taken to the clinic by rescue helicopter.
With a rescue helicopter to the clinic
Everything at the scene indicates that the seriously injured man’s vehicle overturned. The car stopped on its side on the side of the road. Three other people in the second car were slightly injured, police said. B27 was in the area Scene of the incident blocked. The route became passable again only in the late afternoon and only on one lane. Police want to provide more details on Monday.
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Bareis was an early supporter of Friedrich Merz (CDU, 70) and his political comeback. After the Azerbaijani affair, he also came under criticism for his contacts with the authoritarian regime. After the change of government, he became depressed and retired to a monastery in Jerusalem for several weeks to recuperate.
His wife, Andrea Verpoorten, was for a time Friedrich Merz’s office manager at the CDU party headquarters in Berlin in 2022. However, the collaboration ended after just a few weeks. Verpoorten comes from the eggnog dynasty.