an hour agoMerkel's successor apologizes after being seen until he was joking in the flood - torn country
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)After the new devastating floods in Austria, Bavari and east of Germany, the man most likely to succeed Angela Merkel in the position of Chancellor Armin Laschet was forced to apologize for the jokes she was making in a catastrophic situation. Floods have claimed more than 150 lives. In [...]
Floods have claimed more than 150 lives. On her visit to some of the destroyed countries, Merkel called on the world to act faster to prevent such serious events, believed to be caused by the climate crisis.
She said the disasters were surreal and that the German language “did not have enough words to describe catastrophe”, reports Guardian, records Periscopi.
But, in a completely different and unacceptable mood, Armin Laschet, who is expected to become Chancellor after Merkel since September.
After visiting the destroyed city of Erfstad, Laschhet was caught by cameras making fun of passersby while German President Frank Walter Steinmeier was solmenly addressing the people.
Laschetet posted his search-fort on Twitter duek told “The fate of those affected, whom we heard in many conversations, is important to us. So I apologize and I regret it. That was inappropriate behavior and I apologize. ” /Periscope
