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General Category => World News => Topic started by: mountaineer on July 10, 2019, 02:09:23 pm
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Angela Merkel seen shaking in public for third time in a month
Asked about the incident, a German government spokesman would only say Merkel was "doing well."
NBC News
July 10, 2019, 8:07 AM EDT
By Alexander Smith
The German chancellor Angela Merkel was seen physically shaking during a public event Wednesday, the third such incident within the space of a month, fueling ongoing questions about her health.
Merkel, 64, was standing at a military honors ceremony in Berlin when TV cameras picked up what appeared to be her whole body trembling.
Asked about her health during a press conference after the ceremony, she said, "I'm doing really well and one shouldn't worry." This echoed a statement her spokesman emailed to NBC News earlier in the day. ...
Rest of story and video at link (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/angela-merkel-seen-shaking-public-third-time-month-n1028131?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma)
It's really quite evident (kind of like HRC's physical problems during the 2016 campaign). Parkinson's?
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... On Wednesday, the chancellor gripped her hands as she tried to control her shaking, standing alongside Prime Minister Antti Rinne.
According to Focus.de, the shaking affected her whole body and lasted over a minute.
She was first seen shaking last month during a welcome ceremony in Berlin for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Mrs Merkel said she was "working through what happened during the military honours with President Zelensky."
She added: "This process is clearly not finished yet but there is progress and I must live with this for a while but I am very well and you don't need to worry about me." ...
BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48938691)
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All those people and cameras around and they still don't know who is giving her wet willys?
(http://i68.tinypic.com/2q8cxfa.jpg)