Christian Baretti

Christian Baretti (born 2 July 1973 in Munich) is a German economist and former local politician ( CSU / independent). The Munich City Council, he served on from 2002 to 2008. In connection with the Munich CSU affair he was sentenced to pay a fine for concealment of documents.

Studies and career

After graduation in 1993 Baretti studied economics at the Ludwig- Maximilians- University Munich ( LMU). For the second best graduate examination he received in early 1998 from Munich economists Alumni Club the " Award for Young Economists ". With a dissertation on " incentive effects of fiscal equalization: theoretical and empirical analysis ", he received his doctorate in 2001 at the LMU. He examined it, the incentive effects of fiscal equalization on the policies of the states in terms of the efficiency of tax administration, economic policy efforts and public investments.

From 1998 to 2001 Baretti worked at the Munich Ifo Institute for Economic Research in the area of ​​" public finance ", in particular financial relationships between federal, state and local governments. His results were used in different reports, which for the federal government and the federal states of Bavaria, North Rhine -Westphalia, Hesse, Baden- Württemberg, Rhineland- Palatinate and Saarland were created, among other things. For the Institute, he took as an expert in the Bundestag on the reform of the fiscal equalization and the standards law position. In addition, he held lectures for the Institute, inter alia at the annual meeting of the Association for Social Policy in 2000 and at the 57th Congress of the International Institute for Public Finance ( IIPF ) in 2001.

Baretti moved in 2001 to the Bavarian Ministry of Finance. There he worked as an advisor for "National policy issues, public general budget, Financial Planning and Tax Estimate ". To his activity focus among the scientific foundations of fiscal policy, the business cycle analysis and the testing and evaluation of current socio-political reforms, particularly in the context of social security systems. In his time at the Ministry of Finance supported Baretti Finance Minister Kurt Faltlhauser when writing the book "Financial policy of the future - The principle of sustainability."

2002 Baretti was on the Planning Committee of the Bavarian State Chancellery responsible for economic policy issues. He has also written speeches for the then prime minister and chancellor candidate Edmund Stoiber and the former State Chancellery Erwin Huber ..

Due to his involvement in a bribery scandal health insurance he had to leave the civil service. He has since worked as a freelance lecturer in economics and accounting.

Political career

Party

Baretti occurred in 1992 in the Junge Union and 1993 in the CSU one. In the Junge Union, he was first local chairman of Trudering- Riem and exercised the office of county manager and later Deputy District Chairman of the Junge Union München-Ost from. The district board of the Junge Union in Munich, he was a member from 1995 and practiced from 1997 to 1999 the office of the county treasurer from. From 1999 to 2001 Baretti was managing director of the Young Union Munich. During this time he worked with in particular the " Millennium " program of the Junge Union Munich, in his creation, he headed the working group " internal politics ". He was also responsible for the organization of the State Assembly in 2001 of the Junge Union Bayern. He also organized as managing director of the Young Union Munich youth Congress of the CSU Munich, in the " night work" took place in 2001. In addition, he actively contributed to the common main motion of JU and CSU, which was adopted on this Youth Congress. For the JU he repeatedly demanded a rejuvenation of the CSU - Municipal Group.

In the CSU, he was from 1995 a member of the local Board of CSU Trudering- Riem and from 1997 its vice-chairman and press officer. From 1999 he was chairman of the Munich CSU Ortsverbandes Trude ring and deputy from 2001, county chairman of the CSU Munich East. On 22 May 2003 he was elected by a vote of 63 to 36 votes to succeed the longtime chairman of the District Association 9 (East), Hans Podiuk. The focus of his local party activities were an improvement of public relations and strengthening the local presence of the CSU. His first public mandate took Baretti in 1996 with his election to the District Committee of Trudering -Riem ( township 15). There, he was Group Vice- Speaker of the CSU and Chairman of the Environment Committee.

City Council work

At the Munich municipal election 2002 Baretti candied in 14th place and was the CSUListe " vorgehäufelt " at No. 9. In the Munich city council he belonged until 2003 to the Committee on Urban Planning and Construction, the Finance Committee, the Riemausschuss, the Social Committee and the social welfare committee. Within the CSU Municipal Group, he was a member of the Group Executive Board. Baretti was for the CSU in the City Council deputy finance spokesman and deputy speaker in the social welfare committee.

Baretti saw himself within the CSU as a representative of a constructive opposition politics. and referred to himself in a balance sheet of his first 100 days as city council as the " record holder among the 80 local councils in terms of the number of initiatives ." and had in fact found in numerous applications and City Council - request. Content, he set out to be strongly inter alia for the establishment of " civil service agencies " as a central station, the use of urban land for the elimination of homelessness, the reorganization of the front yard statutes with the aim of allowing secure bicycle parking spaces and expanding the capacity of the Allianz Arena.

In addition, he put his focus on the interests of his district of Trudering -Riem. This included mainly the development of many new areas such as the Riem exhibition grounds provided the district. He belonged to the jury for the development plan area Bajuwarenstraße as well as on the steering committee for the citizen and user participation of emerging Riem exhibition grounds.

Due to its economic and scientific qualifications as a financial expert by the ifo Institute Baretti was proposed by the Junge Union as a candidate for the office of city treasurer. He was regarded as the hope of the Munich CSU and has even been considered a candidate for the mayor office., But stumbled over a series of scandals. He resigned on 30 April 2008 with the expiration of the term of office of the City Council and was awarded the medal " Munich is lit - the friends of Munich " in silver honored.

Political positions

In the financial and social policy Baretti represented a strictly neo-liberal course. So he asked the city council an implementation of the Ifo concept of "activating social assistance " by Hans -Werner Sinn. As a member of the welfare committee of the Munich City Council, he criticized heavily the fact that Munich paid the highest nationwide social assistance rule set. We need to Munich also compare with the surrounding areas, where the rule sets are significantly lower. " And although the cost of living except the rent in Munich are also not higher ," says Baretti as a speaker at a city council meeting.

Baretti made ​​himself strong for the realignment of the CSU to a modern city party. He advocated an opening of the party opposed to the countryside.

When his political objectives in the City Council, he led a forward-looking fiscal policy, a business-friendly local politics and the preservation of Christian values ​​in politics. In addition, he wanted to " make Munich fit for global competition."

Affairs

AOK bribery scandal

Barettis parents were convicted in May 2004 by the Landgericht München I on multiannual Freedom or suspended sentences, as they had assumed to be AOK staff of clinics between 1998 and 2003 around 260,000 euros bribes. Christian Baretti had created for their concealment for his parents fictitious invoices. The criminal case against him was adjusted against payment of 8,000 EUR, as his Tatbeitrag was low and he quit his job at the Treasury in return for the setting method. Already on March 8, 2004, the CSU Municipal Group he had been ousted because of this affair.

"Munich CSU affair"

On 5 February 2003 Baretti made ​​with other young CSU members that the CSU Member of Parliament and President of the Bavarian crafts Tags Heinrich Traublinger regained the presidency of the local CSU Perlach district. Background choice Traublingers was the desire of the CSU leadership to Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber, the master baker Traublinger is set up again for state representative. The election of the local chairman should thereby improve its position for the internal party formation process. As it turned out later, this was done by vote-buying and vote-rigging.

So members of recordings were completed on past customary Parteiweg. As it became known later, this procedure was coordinated with the party leadership. So said hollow Meiers employees Pangerl: " The minister is coming at me and said - I quote now, mutatis mutandis, not literally - that Dr. Baretti - if I remember right - they asked if a CSU member failing to the local chapter list at 31.12. is created with a view to the preparation of the intra-party elections, listed, however should always dial in a vote, in the election of local union. This question I have then forwarded 've just dressed in my legal words and the legal adviser to the State management presented at the request of the Minister " The acceptance procedure was ultimately approved by the CSU line: ". Above with the decision of the town or county chairman the recording is completed this, the entry in the list of members is merely an administrative matter for the CSU dar. "

These processes solved the long-standing "Munich CSU affair" from where the expiry high CSU officials who were accused of complicity to go to Stoiber and at the end Meier Culture Minister Monika hollow ultimately had to resign. After Graber statement 've Traublinger Stoiber respect expressions of the type of support Traublingers ( " Dog 's are scho " ) transmitted.

On 26 April 2005, he was instituted against him expulsion from the party above process by exiting the CSU.

The district court sentenced Baretti Munich on 29 June 2004 due to suppression of documents to 160 daily rates of 30 Euro. The court considered it proven that he had retained along with Rasso Graber and Stephanie Lütge CSU applications for admission as well as forgeries covered other. On 26 November 2004, the judgment became final, as Baretti and Graber had their appeal with the District Court of Munich I loaded retracted. Her lawyers rates announced, their clients have decided to take this step, " to avert the otherwise inevitable by an extensive evidence of loss of the CSU ." But this meant no admission of guilt. The accused had originally announced, comprising " unpack ". Lütges criminal trial had previously been adjusted against payment of their fine. The lawyer was spared a criminal record that would have obstructed their way into the legal profession.

The final report of the State Parliament Committee of Inquiry on 25 January 2007, against the opposition groups protested violently, it said: " Therefore, the non-transmission of applications for membership led ( according to the old CSU Statute ) in the opinion of the investigating committee not to a criminal offense because of suppression of documents. The Munich District Court saw it differently. "

Civil society engagement

Baretti was active in his Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul as a youth leader, lecturer, Firm helper and member of the parish council, which he was Deputy Chairman from 1998 to 2006. He is also a member of the Catholic Workers Movement, the social group VdK Germany, the Sudeten Germans, the Truderinger Musikverein and the original Truderinger cannon shooter.