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 television 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.
It comes almost two weeks after Merkel was seen shaking during a meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. After that occasion, her spokesman said that "the chancellor is well," and she traveled to the subsequent G-20 summit in Japan.
A week earlier was the first time she was noticed shaking, that time during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Germany was in the midst of a heat wave, and Merkel later said she felt better after drinking some water.
Wednesday's incident made headlines almost immediately, with the German tabloid newspaper Bild announcing: "Third trembling attack in three weeks."
In a second story, the newspaper asked, "Does the chancellor have to tell us how she is really doing?" referring to Germany's strict privacy laws regarding personal medical information
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/angela-merkel-seen-shaking-public-third-time-month-n1028131
Merkel, 64, was standing at a military honors ceremony in Berlin when television 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.
It comes almost two weeks after Merkel was seen shaking during a meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. After that occasion, her spokesman said that "the chancellor is well," and she traveled to the subsequent G-20 summit in Japan.
A week earlier was the first time she was noticed shaking, that time during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Germany was in the midst of a heat wave, and Merkel later said she felt better after drinking some water.
Wednesday's incident made headlines almost immediately, with the German tabloid newspaper Bild announcing: "Third trembling attack in three weeks."
In a second story, the newspaper asked, "Does the chancellor have to tell us how she is really doing?" referring to Germany's strict privacy laws regarding personal medical information
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/angela-merkel-seen-shaking-public-third-time-month-n1028131
