Questions about Angela Merkel’s health come up at G20
After a few severe shaking spells recently, the German Chancellor looked fine on arrival, but refused to answer questions about her well-being
28 June 2019 - 11:49
Osaka — A day after German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered another brief spell of shaking during a ceremony in Berlin, nothing appeared amiss as she walked down the gangway of her plane when it arrived in Japan for the Group of 20 summit.
But questions about her health came up during her first bilateral meeting in Osaka — with US President Donald Trump, who called her a “fantastic woman”. “Chancellor, how are you feeling,” one reporter shouted. Merkel didn’t respond, but just looked straight into the cameras...
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