Uli Hoeness criticised

          

  Mrs Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said: "Many people are now disappointed in Uli Hoeness, among them the Chancellor.Neither he nor officials have disclosed how much money is involved, but German media suggest he deposited millions of euros in a Zurich-based account over 10 years.He said the sense of disappointment was all the greater as Mr Hoeness "stood for so much that is positive", including support for the integration of immigrants.The accord was designed to allow German tax evaders with undeclared assets in Swiss accounts to confess, escape legal action and remain anonymous in return for coming clean.Mr Hoeness and many others expected the agreement to be signed, they would keep their anonymity and their behaviour would be virtually retrospectively legalised," Peer Steinbrueck, the Social Democrats' candidate for chancellor told ARD TV.The Bayern Munich president is refusing to comment further on the specifics of the case, though he criticised what he called "excesses" in some media coverage of his affairs.However, the opposition Social Democrats and Greens defeated the measure in the upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, saying it would provide cover for tax dodgers. As you can imagine, there's a lot I want to say, but I have to hand my homework in to the authorities first," he told Sueddeutsche Zeitung.