There is no oral agreement between ministers or senior officials of the State Ministry and RTL, on how to communicate about the pandemic.
In his question, the ADR deputy Fred Keup, had quoted the website of a former editor-in-chief of RTL Radio.
The latter had written that the chief of staff at the Ministry of State may have negotiated an oral agreement with RTL.
As part of this agreement, Keup suggested that RTL would receive priority information on the progress of the pandemic, if the government's line was respected.
This viewpoint is entirely false writes the Ministry of State in its response.
